Segolame Boy: A Huge Testimony For Constituency Tournaments

Since he burst into the scene at Township Rollers, Segolame Boy has been year after year touted for export to the more professional South African league clubs, including Kaizer Chiefs. He has won many man- of- the- match awards in the premier league more than we can count.

What is humbling about the Township Rollers and Zebras star is the fact that he is a direct by-product of the constituency tournament, where he was spotted while representing one of the Selebe-Phikwe sides by representatives of a Serowe club that later sold him to Rollers.

Just recently, athletics body announced their desire to have athletics included in these mass grassroots games, to enable their talent scouts and coaches to tap talent and polish it. Athletics, it should be noted, is probably the easiest sport in the world that enables anyone from even the humblest of backgrounds to break into the professional ranks and wave bye-bye to poverty. We have living examples to prove that fact with the likes of Botswana’s own California Molefe, Kabelo Kgosiemang, Gabriel Garenamotse, Glody Dube, Amantle Montsho, Nijel Amos, and lately Karabo Sibanda and his brigade.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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