Mokgweetsi Masisi being sworn in as the elected President of Botswana by Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane. With him is his wife Neo.
Mmegi
The Khamas have dominated Botswana’s politics since the 1870s, but they are now a discredited, spent force.
The newly elected President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.
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Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
Onkgopotse Tiro.
Book cover
The book depicts how Onkgopotse Tiro’s time at Turfloop amounted to a revolutionising political script for generations to come.
A member of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party with a copy of the Constitution.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
Elephants at the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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Botswana is launching a consultative process to review the current ban on elephant hunting.
Limpopo Province, South Africa. Who owned this land?
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In practice, land expropriation in South Africa will be a matter of deciding which descendants of the dispossessed are entitled to it.