Welcoming the BDF Commander to 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
For BDF, the party is not over. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the defence force and once again this is going to be a repeat of the jubilee celebrations in one way or the other.
The pomp and ceremony will almost be equal except that government has not fully acceded to the request for millions of pula to be splashed by the defence force.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...