General Galebotswe inherited a military with obsolete equipment

Beginning with Lt Gen Mompati Merafhe in 1977, he was equally faced with fewer challenges and opportunities. Looking at the trend of development at BDF, one would come to the conclusion that the challenges and opportunities have been growing with time as the organisation matures. For those who fought the Rhodesian War (Zimbabwe War of Liberation), they certainly would disagree with my views because they think the war was the apex of all problems in the defence force.

Fighting a war is not necessarily a standard barometer for determining challenges. Of course war is what every commander would want to avoid but we need to understand that the military exists to fight wars. If you come into contact with the founding officers of BDF, they would tell you that the organisation no longer has challenges. It depends on how they define challenges.