Nico smoke rises without BCL

Friday, October 04, 2019

Nico was once a formidable Premier League side

The closure of BCL Mine in 2017 saw a cloud of uncertainty envelope the once vibrant mining town. Football fans’ hopes were shattered as one-by-one, clubs crumbled under the heavy effects of the economic collapse, but while the smoke from the BCL chimney stack has died, there is a flicker of hope elsewhere, writes MQONDISI DUBE

Selebi-Phikwe was once a vibrant football town. It was not necessarily the cradle of football, a title, which still belongs to Gaborone, the capital city, which possesses all the lure and glitter for players.

The former copper and nickel town has not hit the same success that its diamond-producing counterparts, Orapa and Jwaneng have registered, but at its peak, football had a religious following.

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