'My son was brilliant, bold, and brave'

Monday, May 07, 2018

While others may believe that the late Major Cliff Manyuni could have lost control of the BF-5 fighter jet he was operating a day before the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Day late last month, his father, Bonno Manyuni holds a different version.

The 35-year-old BDF pilot untimely lost his life when the BF-5 aircraft tragically crash-landed at the Botswana Golf Club’s 11th hole mid-morning of Friday, April 27, 2018 while rehearsing for the BDF Day celebrations that were held at the National Stadium a day later.

In his moving and heart-wrenching tribute to his late son on Saturday at the remote village of Rakops in the Boteti sub-district, Manyuni described the University of Botswana (UB) graduate in Diploma in Pastoral Theology, as a “brilliant, bold and brave someone”.

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'My son was brilliant, bold, and brave'

While others may believe that the late Major Cliff Manyuni could have lost control of the BF-5 fighter jet he was operating a day before the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Day late last month, his father, Bonno Manyuni holds a different version.

Human rights are sacred

Bakgatla Ba Kgafela celebrate as Kgosi Kgafela’s charges are dropped

First Lady's office hosts second annual thanks giving ceremony

PSLE performance on upward trend

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Cops arrest young man, seize dagga in Metsimotlhabe

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Suspected suicide behind Sir Seretse Khama Barracks

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