‘This is our club’ doesn’t pay bills
Monday, December 11, 2023 | 30 Views |
They want Sechele, who had come in as a Good Samaritan trying to save Gunners’ sinking ship, to stay away as far as possible from their club. Sechele has told the club’s hierarchy that he doesn’t feel safe with his investment at Gunners and has reconsidered his position.
This means its back to default settings for a club that has been surviving on crumbs and confirmed its downfall with a first every relegation to the First Division last season. The ‘real’ owners of Gunners want to see it bed-ridden and on the verge of extinction, as long as no stranger touches “their club.” It would rather suffer than be contaminated by investment from some individual, it’s their line of thinking. Not too long ago, a similar situation unfolded at Township Rollers when Jagdish Shah was told to take the highway.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...