Daddy FIFA Is In Town
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | 80 Views |
It was comical to see the minister walking gingerly on eggs with that age-old FIFA rule of ‘no government interference’ uppermost in his mind as he called for all to ensure they do the right thing to get football out of the morass that makes the Palapye Glass Project scandal look like small beer.
So the minister’s effort was mainly to interfere in a more subtle way so that it doesn’t look like interference. The usual refrain is ‘we are intervening and not interfering’ which is very confusing for a lot of people even those employed by the government to make such claims.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...