Behind the missing spy equipment

Friday, May 23, 2014

BDF Commander Lt Gen Gaolathe Galebotswe

As the Botswana Defence Force’s (BDF) case against senior officers over missing intelligence equipment gathers momentum and captures the public’s imagination, MMEGI investigations uncover historical tensions between the key actors in the saga

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.

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