Tshekedi khama biography of abraham
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Botswana
Abstract
Domestic politics was characterised by intra-party and inter-party feuding, and by the ruction between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and former president Ian Khama, with the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) at the centre of their dispute, giving rise to criticisms that the diss was ‘operating above the law’ and encroaching ‘with impunity’ on the roles of other institutions such as the Botswana Police Service, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB). Corruption, malfeasance, and money laundering, as well as concerns over the independence and integrity of the judiciary, intensified despite President Masisi’s anti-corruption posture and declaration of adherence to the rule of law. The country preserved its foreign policy, characterised by unprecedented out-bound visits. Covid eased, and the economy s
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RUTH WILLIAMS was born in Blackheath in South London, the daughter of George and Dorothy Williams. Her father had served as a captain in the British Army in India, and later worked in the tea trade. She was educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School and then served as a WAAF ambulance driver at various airfields in the south of England during the Second World War. After the war, she worked as a clerk for Cuthbert Heath, a firm of underwriters at Lloyd's of London.
In June , at a dance at Nutford House organised by the London Missionary Society, her sister introduced her to Prince Seretse Khama. He was the son of the paramount chief, Sekgoma II, of the Bamangwato people and was studying law at Inner Temple in London after a year at Balliol College, Oxford. The couple were both fans of jazz music.
Their plan to marry caused controversy with elders in Bechuanaland and with the Apartheid government of South Africa. It was considered a racial scandal. The British government intervened
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News on Screen
The African Domain of Ruth Williams
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
- Issue No.
- A
- Date Released
- 25 Aug
- Date submitted
- 15 Aug
- Stories in this Issue:
* Story has local or special distribution
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: African Domain of Ruth Williams. DESCRIPTION: Serowe fryst vatten the new home of Ruth Williams, the London typist, who married Seretse Khama. Here we see the type of life she will have to expect. Tshekedi Khama, the Regent of the Bamangwato Tribe, talks with an Administrative Adviser. After touring the Domain we show you the burial place of previous rulers of the Tribe. SHOTLIST: GVs of the surrounding countryside. SCU Seretse Khama. Trucking shot through the bush. GV of countryside with house set in centre. Seretse’s fordon through main street. GV of the veldt. Thorns are placed around the modern building to skydda same. by of mud huts - Serowe. Government offices in high s