Africa-Press – Botswana. Former Botswana president Ian Khama left the country two years ago, fearing for his safety, but he is planning to be back with a bang ahead of the country’s elections later this year.
There’s nothing fancy about the Johannesburg offices of a prominent businessman friend that Ian Khama chose for the coffee meeting. It’s practical, and discreet, and besides, Ian Khama isn’t into coffee. The grey light bomber-style jacket he’s wearing with pitch black buttoned-up shirt and trousers in the 30 Celsius summer heat has nothing to do with it. “I prefer hot chocolate,” he says.
His half-dozen minders settle outside the boardroom where we chat, two of them in an office across the hallway, within eyeshot. “I’ve got private security,” Khama says. He doesn’t trust the administration of his successor, President Mokgweetsi Masisi for the perks he’s entitled to as former president. He also lost a spat early on in Masisi’s presidency over access to state-owned planes, which Khama often piloted himself when he was president.
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