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Soccer and church stadium clash: Opportunities missed

There seems to be something in the steamy air here that causes events to spontaneously mutate, like some kind of fast-growing alien jungle vegetation, throbbing and roiling and sending out vines and tendrils in all directions.

Before long some seemingly simple event that you thought you had understood completely has evolved into something completely different and usually far more bizarre.

A local team called Gaborone United (GU) is supposed to host a team from DRC. Nothing wrong with that. An international church is supposed to host a crusade. Nothing wrong with that.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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