Accidents are bound to happen in most military settings

As most Botswana National Front (BNF)comrades were heading north in their thousands to attend their congress in Francistown, Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers were streaming to the south after a highly attended funeral in Tonota. There is a hidden association between BDF and BNF. After Kenneth Koma left the BNF to form the NDF (National Democratic Front), he had actually intended to register the new party as BDF (Botswana Democratic Front). The Registrar of Societies  turned down the application because they thought that would cause a great deal of confusion.

A week earlier during a training exercise at Ntwetwe Firing Range, one of the BDF soldiers lost her life in a mortar accident. Usually accident related funerals are highly attended and can educe emotions.