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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The Botswana government has rubbished claims by former president Ian Khama that his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, was harassing him. Masisi himself refuses to speak on the matter himself.<\/b><\/p>\n

Press secretary to Masisi, Bathlhalefi Leagajang, said there are more important things to do. \u201cThe President has an economy to run, and to resuscitate from the hardships of Covid-19,\u201d he told the sidelines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week. Masisi is one of the presidents from the Southern African region who attended the summit to interact with investors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a nation to save from Covid-19, and he\u2019s got the manifesto deliverables to work on. That\u2019s what the President is laser-focused on. He\u2019s got no time to be discussing former president Khama. He\u2019s got more important things to deal with, not [former] president Khama.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. The Botswana government has rubbished claims by former president Ian Khama that his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, was harassing him. Masisi himself refuses to speak on the matter himself. Press secretary to Masisi, Bathlhalefi Leagajang, said there are more important things to do. \u201cThe President has an economy to run, and to resuscitate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-6919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nBotswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Botswana government has rubbished claims by former president Ian Khama that his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, was ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Botswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Botswana government has rubbished claims by former president Ian Khama that his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, was ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-14T12:14:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-14T14:23:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/05\/img-627fbb5d25278.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Botswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-14T12:14:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-14T14:23:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/05\/img-627fbb5d25278.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-former-president-khama-claims-continued-harassment-by-president-masisi\",\"name\":\"Botswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi - 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