RIP General Merafhe
Thursday, January 08, 2015
The former Vice President and the first commander of the Botswana Defence Force, Lieutenant General Mompati Merafhe, passed away yesterday morning after a long illness. Merafhe served in the public service for more than four decades.
He started his career as a constable in the then Police Mobile Unit (PMU) in 1960 and was appointed the BDF commander at its inception in 1997.
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