SMSpencer Mogapi

1. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Spencer Mogapi

   Botswana’s foreign service is now hollowed by years of overuse of political appointments | Sunday Standard (opens the original)

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   Over the recent past too many wrong people have gotten appointed as High Commissioners and Ambassadors. Such misplaced appointments have been going on for a very long time – with despicable consequences. The appointments are a result of subordinating strategic foreign policy interests to partisan and political patronage by those in charge. Quite predictably, these wrongful appointments have weakened the foreign service and over time rendered it unfit for purpose. Membership of the party in pow

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2. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Spencer Mogapi

   The BCP has only just crossed their first big hurdle: Now they have to work at becoming national | Sunday Standard (opens the original)

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   It is too early yet to make a pronouncement on whether or not things will turn up well for the Botswana Congress Party. But so far so good. For BCP, holding internal elections was a rite of passage. But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it's also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are res

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