Rakgare Should Stop Dangling The Carrot

The Botswana senior men's National Football team, Zebras received the exciting news that they would get P650,000 if they qualified for the Africa Cup Of Nations last week.

Tumiso Rakgare, the honourable Minister for Youth, Sport and Culture Development revealed this. It is yet to be seen whether this is not another carrot the government is dangling.

Late last year, the Botswana Senior National Women’s Football team, The Mares, put up a brilliant performance at the COSAFA Women’s Championship in South Africa. They reached the final after beating Zambia in the semi-finals with a carrot that Rakgare dangled.

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Oh what a State funeral!

That rare sight deserves heartfelt praise, not only for President Duma Boko and his administration, but also for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), the Mogae family, and the entire country.President Boko’s decision to grant a full state funeral to a man who belonged to a rival party was a mark of true statesmanship. He recognised that national leadership carries a weight that belongs to the whole...

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