08/02/2026
What has been prevailing is that the Ministry and by extension the hunting industry in Botswana has been rather quiet about this industry as if they have to apologize for their existence. Consequently they have been on the back-foot because they have allowed the antihunting part of tourism to dictate the narrative.
Traditionally, the narrative has been led from outside. What General Khama is doing is to locate it on home base.
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To suggest that the nine question gambit that former
President Lt. General Seretse Khama Ian Khama has blitzed the Minister of Environment and Tourism with is unexpected would be naive to say the least.
Itโs not a secret that Lt. General Khama and Botswanaโs conservation story are intertwined. It is also not a secret that his views on hunting as part of the mix runs counter to the current official policy of sustainable use.
Now in his capacity as a Kgosi he has a platform to put to the test the resilience of the institutional architecture that supports the prevailing policy on conservation. So when he has come out guns blazing with a barrage of very pointed questions to be answered by the Minister in the Ntlo ya dikgosi you know that the eagle has landed. It was always going to be a matter of when and not if General Khama would bring the discussion on hunting onto the mainstream of Botswana politics again.
So there is no hiding place for the Ministry. Nor should there be. Sustainable use conservation policy is the policy that is at the heart of Botswanaโs approach to conservation.
The value of such a policy is that it supports both consumptive and non-consumptive tourism. In his very pointed questions, totaling about nine, Lt. General Khama clearly indicates that he understands this. And he asks very legitimate questions regardless of how one may feel about them.
The import of his questions is that the Ministry must justify and clearly explain this approach to the rest of us. Sustainable use is such a key part of conservation to be given lip service by the Ministry.
What has been prevailing is that the Ministry and by extension the hunting industry in Botswana has been rather quiet about this industry as if they have to apologize for their existence. Consequently they have been on the back-foot because they have allowed the antihunting part of tourism to dictate the narrative.
Traditionally, the narrative has been led from outside. What General Khama is doing is to locate it on home base.
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