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Challenges of constitutional reform, economic transformation and Covid-19 in Botswana

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  • Christian John Makgala
  • Ikanyeng Stonto Malila

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Botswana’s much-lauded economic boom was accompanied by a disproportionately powerful presidency, poverty, significant economic inequities, elite corruption and rising unemployment. Mokgweetsi Masisi succeeded Ian Khama as president of the long-ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2018. He won the 2019 election on a platform of constitutional reform and economic transformation, but the rift between Masisi and Khama appeared to dissuade Masisi from pursuing the much-touted constitutional reform. Masisi needed the ‘blank cheque constitution’ to deploy the state apparatus in his personal war of attrition with the fearsome Khama. During the Covid-19 outbreak, however, civil society put pressure on Masisi to go beyond idle customary rhetoric and make a commitment to constitutional reform.

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  • Christian John Makgala & Ikanyeng Stonto Malila, 2022. "Challenges of constitutional reform, economic transformation and Covid-19 in Botswana," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(172), pages 303-314, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:49:y:2022:i:172:p:303-314
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2022.2078559
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