Botswana�s 50 finest sport moments and personalties
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
1. Nijel breaks Olympics jinx
After 32 years of agony, it took an 18-year-old Marobela born 800m star, Nijel Amos to break the Olympic Games medal jinx. Botswana had been participating in the games since 1980 without luck until a ‘fast and furious’ run saw Amos finish second in London in 2012 to grab a silver medal, a first ever Olympic medal for Botswana. His time of 1:41.73 became the new junior world record.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...