
Botswana’s former president, Ian Khama, has vowed not to rest until stability in his country is restored. Speaking to City Press on Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel at OR Tambo International Airport, he said he would be seeking external interventions, if need be, to bring his country back to normality. Khama was preparing to catch a flight to attend an event in India – at Dharamshala, the residence of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile. Under Khama’s presidency, Botswana had been hailed for being a stable democracy. However, the situation has recently destabilised under President Mokgweetsi Masisi ahead of the country’s general elections, set to take place in October. At the centre of this instability has been political bickering between Masisi and Khama, who has publicly pronounced his support for ex-foreign minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi to contest Masisi for the presidency of the governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The BDP will hold its elective congress in May where, for the first time, the party’s presidency will be contested. Khama said he was recently invited to attend a meeting at the headquarters of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…