MASS INJURIES AT BDF BOOTCAMPS
Monday, March 18, 2013

Police in Pandamatenga have confirmed that they stumbled upon a scene of wounded members of the bootcamp but told The Monitor that the matter has not been officially reported to them.
A member of the public Allen Tshekedi who happened to be in Pandamatenga on Tuesday last week says he saw a group of heavily wounded men and women escorted by a soldier and a youth officer at the Pandamatenga clinic Tuesday morning. According to Tshekedi's narration, the group looked frightened to talk. Tshekedi who works for Botswana Network for People Living with HIV AIDS (BONEPWA), says when he asked the youth officer who had accompanied the group what had happened, she told him she was under instructions not to discuss it.
His horrific actions, betraying the trust placed in him to protect children have rightly been met with the full force of the law. Whilst we commend the court’s decision, this case forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about safeguarding our children and the lifelong scars such abuse leaves.Magistrate Kefilwe Resheng’s firm sentencing sends a powerful message that those who harm children will face severe consequences. Her words rightly...