Africa Youth Games team leaves for Morocco
Friday, July 09, 2010
The Minister of Sports and Culture, Shaw Kgathi, presented the team with national colours during the sending-off ceremony at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on Wednesday evening.
BNOC president, Negroes Kgosietsile, thanked the government for positively responding to their plea for funds to send a team to the games. He said the games were only announced in February this year and they were therefore not in the initial budget, but the minister pushed hard to make it possible for the country to send a team.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...