Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi who chairs the SADC Organ Troika on Politics Defence and Security said a second fact–finding mission will open discussions with politicians and activists demanding reform or abolition of the absolute monarchy...

Nyusi had tried to keep the Cabo Delgado insurgency off the agenda of the security organ of the Southern African Development Community but President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana and Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa were hurriedly covening regional consultations just days after the Palma attacks (AC Vol 62 No 3 Nyusi's loyalty test)...

Many thought the shoot-to-kill policy had been abandoned after President Mokgweetsi Masisi came to power and permitted licensed elephant hunting to recommence while curtailing the powers of ex-President Ian Khama a fierce defender of the shoot-to-kill policy and the creator of the specialised Anti-Poaching Unit (AC Vol 61 No 4 Wildlife targets)...

Although Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi took the oath of office in November President Ramaphosa has yet to meet him (AC Vol 60 No 22 BDP ends Khama's fightback)...

Lawmakers agreed to President Mokgweetsi Masisi's plan to extend a State of Emergency (SoE) from 28 days to 6 months over the coronavirus outbreak despite complaints that the emergency powers are too draconian...

President Mokgweetsi Masisi's leadership on the coronavirus crisis got off to a bad start...

It's the first such sale since President Mokgweetsi Masisi rescinded in May the ban imposed by his predecessor Ian Khama...

A mid-term review report of NDP11 now projects a major shift in the fiscal position in the second half of the period with expenditure now higher than originally projected largely due to an increase in public sector wages effective by President Mokgweetsi Masisi early last year...