From boys to men

If you could walk to General Peter Wall’s grave and brag about the achievements of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) so far, he would regard you as one who has lost his mind. This is the man who was behind the formation of BDF because of the incursions of his army (Rhodesian Army) into Botswana.

BDF was pitted against a mighty army by all measure and standards. All our neighbours regarded our military as a boys’ scout group because of the weapons that were in use. Over the four decades, BDF has been slowly inching forward in professionalism. This has been through training of personnel and the procurement of weapons. Further to that, our defence force has in a lot of cases developed state of the art facilities.

Who would have thought that by the turn of the century Botswana would be having a state of the art airbase? Thebephatshwa Airbase (TAB)stands out to be second best in Africa after the one in Egypt. TAB was a worthwhile investment and it caused a lot of rumblings in the region when it was built in the 1990s. Even South Africa which is the military powerhouse of Sub-Saharan Africa can only envy Botswana’s achievements.

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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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