In 2007, BDF HQ was in the process of finalising the processes of setting up an institutional radio station at their barracks. The now retired Colonel Mogorosi Baatweng, who was at the time in charge of the army's PR office, was spearheading the preparations for the setting up of the station. The Office of Security Cooperation at the US Embassy had secured the funds from the American government to set up the radio station.
The primary purpose of the station was to widen the effort of fighting the spread of HIV /AIDS among soldiers by passing relevant messages through theatre and other means of communication, but the station would also be used to reach the military community for all other necessary purposes. This project never saw the light of day because, as Major General J.G. Tlhokwane (Retired) put it; "Government was not yet ready with legislation that allows the setting up of community (radio) stations."
This project has been put on hold indefinitely. As the process was taking place, I had readied myself with what I considered an appropriate name for the station - "Radio Trench." I was working in an appropriate office to influence the naming of the station.
