Behind the missing spy equipment
Friday, May 23, 2014
BDF Commander Lt Gen Gaolathe Galebotswe
When Lieutenant General Gaolathe Galebotswe was announced as the Commander of the Botswana Defence Force in July 2012, not everyone in the army’s senior echelons embraced it.
Those unhappy about the announcement are understood to have thought that the departure of Major Generals Pius Mokgware and Otisitswe Tiroyamodimo would create positions for their own ambitions.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...