🗞️ “𝐌𝐎𝐆𝐀𝐄’𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒” — 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 As Botswana continues to reflect on the life and legacy of former President Festus Mogae, media consultant and former MISA Botswana director Thapelo Ndlovu says the late leader will be remembered through both praise and criticism. Speaking to 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡, Ndlovu described Mogae as a technocrat who brought experience, intellect and international credibility into government. He said many viewed Mogae as liberal and direct-speaking — but argued that some aspects of his presidency continue to raise difficult questions around freedom of expression and media relations. Ndlovu pointed to the government advertising ban imposed on private media following the “shrinking president” headline controversy, as well as the deportation of Professor Kenneth Good during Mogae’s presidency. He said while Mogae is widely respected for his leadership and governance, those moments remain part of the broader conversation about his legacy. “𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔,” Ndlovu reflected. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. #FestusMogae #Botswana #MediaFreedom #ThapeloNdlovu #Journalism #MISA #FreedomOfExpression #BotswanaPolitics #SnapFlash #BWNews