The official reason for the move is not given, but local media have accused Bridgette Radebe of meddling in Botswana's politics.
Bridgette Radebe, the wife of South African Minister of Justice Jeffrey Radebe, arrives for the religious wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene of Monaco at the Prince's Palace.GABORONE - Botswana has banned the wife of a South African minister, who is also a sister of a powerful mining tycoon and the president's sister-in-law, from entering the country visa-free, according to documents seen by AFP on Tuesday.
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