Voter education was wanting and was criticised by Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae who chaired the Commonwealth Observer Group as was legal advice to Parliament on the electoral guidelines...
This adds another 'd' to the other targets - democracy development dignity and discipline - that Lieutenant General Khama set out on taking over from President Festus Mogae in April 2008...
It was the party's first victory under the leadership of 56-year-old Khama son of the founding President Sir Seretse Khama since he took over from Festus Mogae in April last year...
So were leaders who included Botswanan ex-President Festus Mogae Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and Mozambican ex-President Joaquim Chissano...
When some opposition figures - and BDP backbenchers - said they were worried about its powers Khama convinced his predecessor Festus Mogae that they wanted to derail the whole DSIS scheme which Khama argued was essential for national security in a changed regional and global environment...
Perhaps chief among the Mugabe sceptics in the region is Botswana's President Festus Mogae whose country receives its own influx of desperate Zimbabwean migrants...
Even outgoing President Festus Mogae who appointed Khama as his deputy five years ago says he knows little about his successor's leadership style...
Unlike his two predecessors Festus Mogae and Sir Quett Ketumile Masire who were finance ministers Khama has little government experience...
BOTSWANA: When Vice-President Ian Khama Seretse Khama takes over from President Festus Mogae early in 2008 (possibly April) quieter times will come for the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)...
San victory Botswana’s President Festus Mogae’s authority was diminished by last month’s historic High Court ruling in Gaborone which granted the San (Bushman) the right to return to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve from which they were evicted at Mogae’s instigation in 2002...
Smiles wreathed the faces of President Festus Mogae and the De Beers' Chairman Nicky Oppenheimer as they confirmed the De Beers-Botswana diamond partnership for the next quarter of a century...
