"The elections were violence shy.But the other three criteria werecertainly lacking. You cannot saythey were transparent, you cannotsay they were fair and you cannotsay they were credible."
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Zimbabwe elections a circus – Merafhe,Botswana Gazette( 08 August 2013)
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Mompati Merafhe
Mompati Merafhe ( born 6th June 1936-died 7 January 2015).Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe was a Motswana politician who was Vice-President of Botswana from 2008 to 2012. He was a retired Lieutenant-General and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008.
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