BDF faces new challenges with social media

This year Botswana Defence Force (BDF) will be celebrating 40 years of existence. It has been a milestone for this military organisation and there has been so much transformation as the years went by.

Most of the founding officers and men would all agree that the military organisation they established four decades ago is now to them unrecognisable. And by the way, all of them have now gone into retirement.

When I joined BDF, most officers were from the Police Mobile Unit era. They possessed little education and carried with them immense volumes of wisdom. When we were young officers, we felt those seniors were an obstacle to our new ways of leadership. These old men never wanted to get anywhere near trouble with the authorities. They were difficult in taking hard decisions because they always feared being fired before they could reach their pension period.

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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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