Tswaipe: soldier who ordered the shooting of three white men

As expected the shooting of the white men by a black soldier made headlines internationally.

According to the Daily News of Monday, April 3 1978, a Botswana Defence Force (BDF) patrol led by the 30-year-old Tswaipe went to a game farm in the Tuli Block on March 28 of the same year after a tip off, to investigate reports that Rhodesian soldiers had been ferried across the Shashe River into Botswana.  This happened during the tumultuous times when the blacks of Southern Rhodesian (now known as Zimbabwe) were fighting against the white government of the notorious Ian Smith and there was general animosity between the young nation of Botswana and their northern neighbours.