Personal Security?

The next (same issue) had the headline, ‘More Billions beckon for BDF’.  Then came Monitor’s article on September 25, ‘Mbulawa, Divisional Police Commander, wants a Helicopter for North Central Division’. And then, finally, the Guardian’s comment, ‘Botswana Will Definitely Lose Sedudu Island to Namibia’.  

Three of these articles concerned personal security whilst one revolved around territorial integrity. But first things first – the comparative costs involved. The government’s budget for the new financial year will provide for a revenue of PP58.8 billion and for expenditure of P66.9 billion with an unstated part of the increased chunk going to security, the BDF, police and prisons with the BDF apparently getting the lion’s share.