Botswana: BDF to Phase Out Asbestos Camps

Gaborone — The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has committed to phasing out asbestos accommodation and offices at its camps, and relocating personnel to safer facilities.

BDF Commander, General Mpho Mophuting, committed before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, acknowledging that the army was still using asbestos structures at Paje and Pandamatenga Base Camps.

“Priority is to have people move out of the asbestos structures by next year and accommodate them elsewhere,” he said, adding…