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As in the previous year, the domestic scene was dominated by Covid-19 as it continued to paralyse the country’s socioeconomic development trajectory. Besides Covid-19, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (diss), corruption, and the feud between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and former president Ian Khama continued to attract newspaper headlines. The country upheld its foreign policy, and its socioeconomic development trajectory was impacted by Covid-19.
This was an unprecedented year that was dominated by efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic through the use of a public state of emergency and associated regulations that centralised power around the presidency but without much success. Owing to Covid-19, the domestic economy almost came to a halt as the key revenue earners for the country, mainly minerals and tourism, were negatively affected to the extent that the economy shrank by 8.9%. Corruption, maladministration, and money laundering seemed to increase during the state of public emergency, as there was no accountability and transparency in government processes. Despite the challenge of Covid-19, the country sustained its foreign policy.