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Botswana

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi

Date of Birth: 21 July 1961
Place of Birth: Moshupa


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In power for six decades, the ruling BDP promises change

That has prompted some aggressive campaigning by President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his rivals especially his predecessor General Ian Khama who is now backing an opposition party...

The main parties and their leaders are: The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is led by Mokgweetsi Masisi 63 who is a former schoolteacher and staffer at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...


Ben-Menashe heads to Gaborone

Though the UDC has had success in a series of by-elections since 2019 and analysts believe that the October polls will be the closest since the first elections post-independence in 1969 – which began over 50 years of uninterrupted rule by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – leader President Mokgweetsi Masisi is still the heavy favourite to secure a second full term...


Pitching for De Beers

The same day President Mokgweetsi Masisi called for a quick separation of De Beers from Anglo to avoid exposing De Beers to ‘a possible hostile takeover'...


Antwerp gems deal on the rocks

President Mokgweetsi Masisi invested considerable political capital in the venture and brushed aside criticisms that HB was not big enough to take on the vast increase in scale the new supplies from Botswana would entail...

MASISI SISTER'S CHINA CONNEXION President Mokgweetsi Masisi is facing reputational challenges from a court case scheduled for next month which claims the 'first family' is excessively influenced by Chinese business interests...


Masisi needs diamonds for trumps

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has never been the same since President Mokgweetsi Masisi fell out with his mentor ex-President Ian Khama who had hand-picked him as his successor with no notion they would soon become deadly foes (AC Vol 59 No 6 A well-scripted succession)...


De Beers deal could save BDP's skin

If President Mokgweetsi Masisi has got it right the new agreement Botswana has struck with its dominant economic partner De Beers – to sell half of its rough diamonds in 10 years' time – could make the difference between staying in power and becoming the first president since independence to be defeated at the polls...


Both sides claim diamond deal win

President Mokgweetsi Masisi insists his renegotiation of terms with De Beers is a huge victory while others say it was the world's biggest diamond producer that came out on top in the deal reached on 30 June...


What is behind Masisi's gem deal?

Launching HB Antwerp's Botswana factory on 27 March President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced the equity deal which will see the Belgian company getting its pick of rough diamonds from the state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) over five years...


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