The foreign minister of Botswana should surely watch his language. He might think he is talking tough, but his president must rein him in and use diplomatic language. The people of Zimbabwe need support from their neighbours but not this kind of support that will bring more suffering to the people. Has Botswana become a regional super power. The Minister needs to think beyond his nose before he offers solutions to Zim crisis, otherwise he should talk less and continue with their principled stance on regional forums. If Zimbabwe were to hit back and threaten to destabilize Botswana, it could easily escalate into a regional conflict like what is happening in DRC, and what happened in Rwanda. It is such irresponsible behaviour that can cause more regional conflicts. We want peaceful solutions Minister.

The foreign minister of Botswana is only being a true friend to Zimbabwe. "When you see your brother falling by the way, you stop and say, your going the wrong way" If SADC had been good friends they would have advised Mr Mugabe to retire gracefully a long time ago and the suffering of the Zimbabweans would never have come to this. A good friend is not prepared to watch their friend head toward a cliff without standing in front of him and saying"watch out"