Oozing from confidence after being triumphant in the 2019 general elections and being given a full mandate to govern Botswana for the next five years, President Mokgweetsi Masisi addressed the media on his road map. Uniting the nation Masisi called on the nation to unite and not be divided along tribal lines as some people want them to be. “Despite our political and ideological differences we remain a nations state, a republican nation state and the state becomes before an individual or an ethnic group,” he said. Masisi said the founding president Sir Seretse Khama gave up his birth right as the paramount chief of Bangwato in order to stand firm on the republican principle and build a united nation and said it was followed by Sir Ketumile Masire and Festus Mogae but omitted his predecessor Ian Khama. Ahead of the elections, there was fear that the country is on the brink of being divided along tribal lines and this came after some Bangwato said that the presidency of Botswana belongs to them commonly known as ‘lehura la ga Mmangwato’. This led to the printing of t-shirts with portrait of former President Ian Khama with message ‘eseng mo go kgosikgolo’.…