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Addressing journalists on Tuesday, Seretse emphasised that military barracks are not an open forum for partisan politics that may polarise the military within the barracks.  “We are not saying soldiers should be ignorant of their rights. That’s why the BDF has established different colleges to teach them about their rights as citizens vis-à-vis their professional careers,” he said.

The minister was responding to a recent incident in which members of Botswana Congress Party were denied entry to Sir Seretse Khama Barracks to carry out a house-to-house campaign.