Other critics included trade unions and ex-President Ian Khama...
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has never been the same since President Mokgweetsi Masisi fell out with his mentor ex-President Ian Khama who had hand-picked him as his successor with no notion they would soon become deadly foes (AC Vol 59 No 6 A well-scripted succession)...
The by-election was triggered by Ian Khama's brother Tshekedi forfeiting his seat for having missed two consecutive parliamentary sessions after he followed his brother into self-imposed exile in South Africa...
Although the electoral dice are heavily loaded in the ruling party's favour the BDP faces a strong challenge from an opposition alliance including the former president Ian Khama (see accompanying feature Masisi needs diamonds for trumps)...
It will also act as a rebuff to ex-President Ian Khama's public warnings that De Beers would walk if too much was demanded from it...
' The deal with HB Antwerp has also been lambasted by self-exiled former President Ian Khama who claimed the deal risked destroying Botswana's 54-year-old partnership with De Beers (AC Vol 64 No 4 Court deals poll blow to Khama)...
Masisi's sunny relations with Mnangagwa make a stark contrast with the feud that governed relations between the predecessors of both men Ian Khama and Robert Mugabe...
President Mokgweetsi Masisi's supporters in his bitter struggle with former mentor and predecessor Ian Khama are congratulating themselves following a court ruling that has neutered Khama's plans to return to politics...
Plunging the judiciary deeper into disarray former president Ian Khama last month instructed his lawyers to withdraw from a case where the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services is appealing two high court judgments that dismissed its application for a warrant to search Khama's property (AC Vol 62 No 22 Masisi and Khama step up the feud & Vol 63 No 9 Gunning for Khama)...
The diplomatic rift between Botswana and South Africa is set to deepen after Gaborone charged its former President Ian Khama with illegally possessing arms with a messy extradition case in prospect...
Security agents raided the homes of former President Ian Khama on 23-25 October in search of unlicensed weapons and arrested his ally former spy chief Isaac Kgosi as President Mokgweetsi Masisi goes for the jugular after suffering recent defeats in a long-running feud with his predecessor (AC Vol 62 No 18 Presidents trade more blows)...
