This Day (Lagos)
20 October 2008
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae emerged the winner of a $5m (£2.8m) prize, which the Sudan-born entrepreneur, Mo Ibrahim set up to encourage good governance in Africa.
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It does not matter what you think coz he deserved it.
Well Icho, its a pity you choose to see things in a negative and inhuman way. Mogae was trying to move the First People of the Kalahari closer to infrasture and he was doing it for their own good, something of which people like you and Sunday school choir called SI ignore to see,why because they are viewed as attracting tourists. BW has better things that could be used to attract tourists. Anyway he got the price for his hard work and fighting for his people, there is nothing you can do about it. Hats off to you Festus!!
Well, i don"t know whether denying the Bushman their land rights with the backing of America can be said to be good governance, just handing over power to another person without holding an election is good governance and being democratic, denying your people to enjoy the wealth created from the diamonds sales good governance. I think its high time that the world should know that the ordinary Batswana citizen is not benefiting from the diamond sales but America is benefiting much more and that why it wants its Africom project to be based in Gaborone ie for SADC region.