Can BDF Commander be jailed?

Things happened so fast this past Friday. With the issuance of a warrant of arrest for Botswana Defence Force Commander for failing to comply with a court order that required him to reinstate Romeo and Juliet to their former employment.

What was trending in the social media revealed that a lot of our people still don’t understand our new man at the helm of the defence force. I have avoided writing about Lieutenant General Placid Diratsagae Segokgo because he is a very private person.

There is not much I know about this man. In fact I know much more about his deputy so much that I can generate six episodes about his life in the military. But as for the Commander, I seem to know very little of the man even though I had had several opportunities to fly the Bell 412 while he was captaining it.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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