Kenneth Good

Botswana has been showered with praise and been repeatedly dubbed the "African miracle". We, in contrast, suggest that the country’s democracy is elitist, power is centralised in the Presidency and there is growing autocracy in Botswana. The imminent handover of power by the current President, Festus Mogae, to the Vice-President, Ian Khama, is increasingly raising concern within Botswana itself.