Botswana: Friday Was a New Low in Government Media Abuse By BDP

editorial

On Friday, the country was abuzz with news that the President Ian Khama was scheduled to make some announcement on national matter of grave concern.The noise started in the morning. By mid-morning a sense of expectation was in the air.

Batswana were wondering and perhaps even worrying about what the President wanted to reveal. What national issue was worrying the President? They wondered. What could it be? Unemployment? Poverty? Or could it be the extra-judicial killings? After all, only a national issue could inspire the President to address the nation. But when the time of the big announcement came, the President was not on air. Instead, the Director of Broadcasting Services, Mogomotsi Kaboeamodimo was. Keaboeamodimo indicated that he would read a statement from the Office of the President on the conflicts engulfing the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)! Here was a civil servant reading a piece of presentation, which for all intents and purposes was addressed to the BDP, its followers and those who have a stake in its business.

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