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Botswana Defence Force

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Name: Botswana Defence Force

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Suspected BDF arsonist undergoes psychiatric examination

FRACISTOWN: A 30-year-old teacher suspected of torching a barrack at Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Area S Camp in Francistown in January has been taken for psychiatric evaluation. The police told Principal Magistrate, Dumisani Bagopi yesterday that the ... [Published Mmegi Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: FIREBUG, Botswana Defence Force, Corroboration, Officer (armed forces)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Soldier gets seven years jail sentence for shooting girlfriends mother

A 39-year-old Botswana Defence Force soldier, Batsile Kesupile, was last week sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Francistown High Court for causing grievous bodily harm to his girlfriends mother. He shot the woman with a service rifle.According ... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]

Entities: prison, Botswana Defence Force, Gaborone (Botswana)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

BDF receives accolades for professionalism

The Governor General of Canada has expressed a sense of satisfaction and special privilege in having been allowed to visit the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Staff College, stating that the gesture was symbolic of the relationship between his home state ... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]

Entities: Botswana Defence Force, Botswana, Canada, Staff College, Canadian Forces

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Visit to the Botswana Defence Force Staff College

Thank you for your warm welcome. I am delighted to have the opportunity to tour this impressive military education facility during my visit to Botswana.As governor general and commander-in-chief of Canada, I feel it is a special privilege to visit the ... [Published Government of Canada - May 17 2013]

Entities: Botswana Defence Force, Staff College, Botswana, Vincent Massey, Military Training

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Governor General to Undertake State Visits to Ghana, Botswana and South Africa

) - At the request of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will conduct State visits to the Republic of Ghana, from ... [Published Market Wire - May 08 2013]

Entities: Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Canada

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

A Botswana Defense Force, Lance Corporal commits suicide

Mogoditshane Police are investigating an incident in which a 38 year old Lance Corporal with the Botswana Defense Force, was found hanging from a tree at Sir Seretse Khama Barracks.Mogoditshane Police Station commander, Nkwebi Chilisa says the man committed ... [Published Gabz FM - May 07 2013]

Entities: Botswana Defence Force, Suicide, Seretse Khama

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Odd stories- Bond’s got smart

British spies could be offered a James Bond-style smartphone app after a UK company devised what it believes to be the world’s first totally secure messaging service.The secret technology uses complex ciphers to send heavily encrypted messages from one ... [Published Lancashire Evening Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: Mogoditshane (Botswana), Ecuador, Jellyfish, Botswana Defence Force, Computer Hacker

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Cheetah Scratches President's Face80

JOHANNESBURG An overexcited cheetah jumped up from behind a fence and scratched the face of Botswana's President Ian Khama, causing minor injuries, the southern African leader's spokesman said Monday.It was "a freak accident, not an attack," spokesman ... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 01 2013]

Entities: Seretse Ian Khama, Jeff Ramsay, Cheetah

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

African Press Review 30 April 2013 [press release]

In the African press: the Botswanan President's brush with a cheetah; a luxury car maker looks to expand in South Africa; and a Kenyan government minister's family asks a foreign expert to investigate the senator's sudden death.In Botswana, the official ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Seretse Ian Khama, South Africa, Government of Kenya

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 9 reports

Cheetah Scratches President of Botswana On Face

A cheetah has scratched the face of Botswana President Ian Khama, causing minor injuries.A spokesman for President Khama, who is pictured above in a March 2013 visit to the White House, told The Associated Press the incident was “a freak accident, not ... [Published Inquisitr - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Seretse Ian Khama, Botswana, Jeff Ramsay, Cheetah, Botswana Defence Force

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

BDF integrates female soldiers into combat roles

The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is making personnel changes by integrating its female soldiers into combat arms military occupational specialties, such as infantry and artillery personnel, scouts, tankers, and cavalry and other combat roles.Information ... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Ramadeluka Seretse, Botswana Defence Force, US Army, Botswana

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Global Aviator - South Africa 1.0

SAA accidents from 1937 - 1987 Changes in Store for Pilots during 2013 Batteries can fly - dreamliners cannot The value of a good CRM Final data from Red Bull Stratos freefall. USS Harry S Truman - Multifunctional taskforce in the Arabian sea Handover ... [Published Addict3d.org - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Aviator, South Africa, Gulfstream G280, Botswana Defence Force, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

Quotes

...told a political rally at the Gaborone Bus Rank yesterday that his party is capable of winning elections without joining the opposition umbrella. "As the BCP we can stand on our own. BCP can bring change" he asserted.Saleshando who is also Gaborone Central MP, said he has never contested elections when he is not confident of a win...

Saleshando says BCP can go it alone [Published Mmegi Online - May 17 2013]

...deductions involve provision of a deduction code to the unions who then compile a list of their members qualifying for such deductions," he said. "The unions then electronically transmit the list to DPSM, who then feeds it into a computer and then monthly deductions would be done with no additional manpower requirements on a monthly basis."

Unions score big [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]

...council management could have come up with a solution before the tender expired instead of waiting for the city to become polluted like it is now. "It is a disgrace how council management is performing. They could have reported this issue to Finance Department to work onon it. Ba palelwa ke tiro tota" said Moswaane

FCC management, councillors square up [Published Mmegi Online - May 11 2013]

...his arrival, His Excellency will be welcomed by Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, for a panel discussion on "Education and the Role of Higher Institutions in Promoting Economic Advancement and Development." The Governor General will deliver a speech on the intersection of education, innovation and the economy to academics, administrators, university students...

Governor General to Undertake State Visits to Ghana, Botswana and South Africa [Published Street Insider - May 10 2013]

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Suspected BDF arsonist undergoes psychiatric ex... [Published Mmegi Online - 13 hours ago]
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BDF receives accolades for professionalism [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]
Soldier gets seven years jail sentence for shoo... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]
Saleshando says BCP can go it alone [Published Mmegi Online - May 17 2013]
Visit to the Botswana Defence Force Staff College [Published Government of Canada - May 17 2013]
Unions score big [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]
FCC management, councillors square up [Published Mmegi Online - May 11 2013]
Governor General to Undertake State Visits to G... [Published Street Insider - May 10 2013]
Governor General to Undertake State Visits to G... [Published Market Wire - May 08 2013]
A Botswana Defense Force, Lance Corporal commit... [Published Gabz FM - May 07 2013]
Kung-Fu replaces guns at BDF [Published Mmegi Online - May 07 2013]
Registrar Nthomiwa replaces Tshosa as judge [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 05 2013]
Odd stories- Bond’s got smart [Published Lancashire Evening Post - May 01 2013]
Cheetah Scratches President's Face80 [Published Huffington Post UK - May 01 2013]
African Press Review 30 April 2013 [press release] [Published Individual.com - Apr 30 2013]
: African press review 30 April 2013 [Published Radio France Internationale - Apr 30 2013]
Cheetah Scratches President of Botswana On Face [Published Inquisitr - Apr 30 2013]
Cheetah ‘attacks’ President Khama [Published Zimbabwe Herald - Apr 30 2013]
Khama's brush with death [Published Mmegi Online - Apr 30 2013]
President clawed in face by cheetah [Published NEWS.com.au - Apr 29 2013]
Cheetah claws president's face at Botswanan arm... [Published Inside Bay Area - Apr 29 2013]
Cheetah Scratches President During S. Africa Trip [Published Epoch Times - Apr 29 2013]
Cheetah Scratches President's Face [Published Huffington Post - Apr 29 2013]
President of Botswana injured by cheetah [Published TheJournal.ie - Apr 29 2013]
Botswana president ‘clawed by cheetah’ [Published IOL - Apr 29 2013]
President Injured in Cheetah 'Accident' [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 29 2013]
Excited cheetah grazes face of Botswana president [Published U-T San Diego - Apr 29 2013]
President Khama attacked by a cheetah [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - Apr 28 2013]
BDF integrates female soldiers into combat roles [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - Apr 28 2013]

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Pilatus makes formal handover of Botswana Defen... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Feb 12 2013] Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is proud to announce that the formal handover ceremony of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) PC-7 MkII Turbo Trainer Aircraft took place on Feb. 8, 2013 in Gaborone.His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Botswana and Commander-in-Chief, ...