Respecting Presidential Term Limits in Africa: The Example of President Festus Mogae of Botswana

Festus Gontabanye Mogae, the president of Botswana, will retire from office on March 31, 2008. In doing so, Mogae will not be stepping down voluntarily. He will not be doing so as a favour to his people. He will not be yielding to public pressure. It will not be because he has found a suitable successor or because he has completed all the important work that he started. It certainly will have nothing to do with his age. He is only 68.

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