Last week, a striking political paradox unfolded when a senior government minister publicly praised a youth protest that was, in essence, an indictment of his own administration.
“Always with you, never above you! I’m proud of the Young Turks!! Moono-Wa-Baithuti & Botswana National Front Youth League Official for rejecting agent provocateurs, and leading a peaceful protest earlier today,” minister of health Stephen Modise wrote, language that suggested alignment with the very voices calling out systemic shortcomings under his government’s watch.
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