Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi

Former President Ian Khama's supporters are accusing his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi of presiding over the mass slaughter of elephants by ivory hunters in Botswana...

It looks more than accidental that the story about Mike Chase's claims of mass slaughter of elephants in Botswana broke while President Mokgweetsi Masisi was in China for the Forum on China Africa Cooperation in early September...

Ending weeks of controversy President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced that the government was rowing back on a scheme to introduce electronic voting machines in next year's general election...

After sidelining many party stalwarts and making a unilateral decision to anoint Mokgweetsi Masisi as the new President of Botswana Ian Khama is now ruing his choice...

As if determined to disavow Ian Khama's description of him as a 'bootlicker' new President Mokgweetsi Masisi has been breaking with the past pushing more pro-business policies cracking down on former officials accused of corruption and appointing a new economic team since taking office on 1 April...

The current Vice-President Mokgweetsi Masisi replaces him in April...

Rivals with a cause Mokgweetsi Masisi (BDP)Vice-President Masisi is expected to have a smooth accession to the presidency in April and will probably retain the post if the Botswana Democratic Party wins the October 2019 election...

If Khama wants youth he could nominate the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Mokgweetsi Masisi who has cross-party appeal...

In April he transferred responsibility for the Directorate of Intelligence and Security and the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime from the Ministry of Justice Defence and Security to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration which is headed by his close ally Mokgweetsi Masisi...