Let's rally behind the Zebras
Thursday, September 02, 2010
The national team has made a promising start in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers and all they need is to have the whole nation behind them.
They will always be divergent views regarding player selection or even the composition of the technical team. But that should be secondary as the primary goal is to see the Zebras in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in 2012. It is unfortunate that the issue of Mogogi Gabonamong keeps cropping up at crucial times; that is on the eve of a big match.
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...