President Mokgweetsi Masisi has allegedly suspended plans to reshuffle cabinet as he does not want to rock the boat in the middle of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Highly placed sources at Government Enclave have intimated that Masisi has managed to resist pressure from some within his circle to drop some ineffective cabinet ministers. The other reason used to support calls to drop some ministers is that they are aligned to the ruling Botswana Democratric Party (BDP) Secretary General, Mpho Balopi. The cold war between Masisi and his former political ally and confidante (Balopi) is said to have intensified pressure for a cabinet reshuffle but the first citizen has backtracked citing strategic grounds. Press Secretary to the President Batlhalefi Leagang has indicated in a response that the appointment of cabinet ministers is the prerogative of the President as prescribed by the law. “It would be improper to give official comment that lends itself to undue speculation on the subject matter,” he said. The reshuffle was expected to result with some ministries being split or combined. “We know people were going to focus on the new ministries thus overshadowing those who would have been dropped from cabinet,” intimated a source.…