Botswana's leader at independence Sir Seretse Khama was the hereditary Bamangwato chieftain and although his son Ian has not taken it up he is still venerated as the community's de facto leader and can rely on their votes...
But the two men have since been involved in a bitter dispute which has divided the BDP and in May the former president quit the party formed by his late father the founding president of the country Seretse Khama...
The BDP has experienced no leadership contests since its rule began in 1966 with independence under Khama's father Sir Seretse Khama...
I thought he was like his father [the late Sir Seretse Khama]; it turned out he was not...
Khama 65 has been flying army planes since the age of 24 when his father Sir Seretse Khama Botswana's first president appointed him a brigadier in the defence forces...
A former military commander and the eldest son of Sir Seretse Khama the country's first post-independence leader the outgoing President is well-known for high-handedness and a populist leadership style particularly on social issues...
Vol 58 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Botswana's Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi a veteran of President Seretse Khama Ian Khama's cabinets and now Foreign Minister was regarded as a strong prospect as recently as last October but has faded as the sheer firepower of the major backers made itself felt (AC Vol 57 No 22 Amina jumps to the front)...
Today President Robert Mugabe hands over the Southern African Development Community chair to Botswana's President Seretse Khama Ian Khama and next month he ends his year-long stint chairing the African Union...
Although Khama gave him lunch the welcoming party at the Sir Seretse Khama Airport was led by Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi an apparent breach of protocol...
Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama begins his second five-year term of office when Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo swears him in as President today...
