Ticking clock in retired soldiers’ :: Mmegi Online

With ex-soldiers currently contending the measly pension benefits plight they face after exiting the military before court, time is of the essence for President Mokgweetsi Masisi-led administration as they seek to now ‘right’ past wrongs. Time is indeed a big factor as Masisi begs for it, the time his government says former president Ian Khama had but failed to use both as a soldier and commander-in-chief, Mmegi Staffer MOMPATI TLHANKANE follows the issue

Thousands of former soldiers are languishing in poverty and have long felt the weight of their new reality with paltry retirement packages. With a government largely unprepared to meet their needs, the ex-military personnel are suing those responsible for putting them in these incredibly stressful situations when they moved their pension benefits to the Botswana Public Officers Pensions Fund (BPOPF) in 2001.

Masisi, ex-soldiers

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