Cabinet ministers who are likely to be dropped in the looming reshuffle are living in double fear. Not only will they lose lucrative positions but are set suffer double blow, since once they are weakened their opponents are likely to move in for a kill at the primary elections. When President Ian Khama steps down on Saturday midnight (March 31st) – an historical moment for Botswana – it will mark the end of the political journey for a cohort of cabinet ministers in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Incoming President Mokgweetsi Masisi will then set in motion processes to reshuffle cabinet leaving a number of casualties in its trail. This might not be the only shock they will suffer this year – primary elections opponents are lurking in the shadows. This is why ministers are working overtime to curry favour with Masisi to avoid the dreaded chop. This is already evident on the floor of Parliament with debates skewed often to please the incoming leadership. Daggers have been drawn among aspiring parliamentary candidates and the sitting MPs ahead of primaries in BDP held constituencies billed for August 2018. Long before BDP declares the writ for Bulela Ditswe 2018, there…