Botswana’s big political shift bodes well for democracy
Once again, a Southern African nation has bucked the trend and tumbled a once indomitable party
03 November 2024 - 00:01
A late friend who was wont to quote 20th century Russian revolutionaries at the slightest provocation would have said of this week: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks decades happen.”..
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