Cape Town – Julius Malema’s chances of visiting Botswana are looking slim after it emerged that the parliamentarian is essentially “banned” from visiting the country. He was set to take part in an Umbrella for Democratic Change (UCD) rally next month.
But a spokesman for the party, which is looking to edge out the current government in this year’s elections, said attempts to bring the Economic Freedom Fighters leader to the country had reached a “stale-mate”.
“The whole thing is sitting with the Ministry (of International Relations),” said UCD spokesman Rasina Rasina.
“It is now their decision whether they will let him into the country.”
In June last year the Botswana government gazette-listed him as the only South African who needs a visa to cross its borders. This is still the case despite Malema receiving a diplomatic passport after becoming a member of Parliament this year…
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