Southern Africa: Botswana’s Smooth Political Transition Shines Light On SADC

“Our democracy has demonstrated, more than it has before, that this is a mature democracy.”

These were the words said by Duma Boko after being inaugurated as the sixth President of Botswana on 1 November following his party’s victory in the general elections held on 30 October.

In what was largely an unexpected result, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), a coalition of former opposition parties, comprehensively won the general elections ahead of the then governing party, the Botswana…