BDF is a professional, non-partisan organisation

The article raises unfounded statements which might discredit the BDF and its leadership through the column, ‘The Ex-Soldier’.

The author raises unsubstantiated claims that the BDF is involved in Botswana Democratic  Party (BDP) feuds accusing BDF senior officers as card carrying members of the BDP and that “Many senior staff officers have succumbed to pressure and registered with the ruling party and are now wielding the power of the card”. The article further claims that “Officers beyond the rank of Major are directly promoted by the President and the tendency often leans towards impressing him.”