Boxing In �Suicide� As Tourney Is Cancelled

The tournament was supposed to have taken place in Jwaneng on Saturday. Boxing held its executive committee elections five months ago, which ushered in a new leadership.

Botswana Boxing Association secretary general, Lefiri Moremi wrote to clubs informing them of the postponement at the last minute.

Setlalekgosi told Monitor Sport that clubs made the biggest mistake when they replaced the previous committee “with people who know nothing about boxing”. He said it was a wrong move to cancel the championship.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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