Leader of Opposition (LOO) Dumelang Saleshando has accused the government of courting corruption and “state capture” through its controversial proposal to sell Botswana citizenship to wealthy investors. He said the move could open the country’s borders to “shady characters” and erode decades of clean governance.
In his response to President Duma Boko’s 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), Saleshando likened the plan to South Africa’s disastrous experience under the Gupta family, whose relationship with the African National Congress (ANC) triggered one of the worst corruption scandals in the region’s democratic history.
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