BDF Couple Beats Odds To Tie The Knot

Kozondu Uariua and Thabang Tlhapisang
Kozondu Uariua and Thabang Tlhapisang

Love has prevailed for Botswana Defence Force’s (BDF) famous couple, Kozondu Cisquo Uariua and Thabang Tlhapisang as they celebrated their white wedding in Palapye over the weekend.

Tlhapisang is now self-employed and has settled well according to his new wife. For years, peace had eluded the lovers, nicknamed Botswana’s Romeo and Juliet by the media, as they had brushes with the army supremo.

For a long time they were at loggerheads with their boss and BDF Commander, Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo following their dismissal from work for allegedly contravening the military’s policy on fraternisation and sexual harassment back in 2014.

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