“I will be able to respectfully step apart,” stated the person who misplaced an election, “and take part in a easy transition procedure.” The rate and humility with which President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat on November 1st was once putting—and the entire extra so taking into consideration that his Botswana Democratic Birthday celebration (BDP) had dominated this diamond-rich southern African nation for 6 many years, ever since independence from Britain in 1966.