Rollers� Peace Key For Football
Monday, February 08, 2016
The message was unequivocal. Few had given peace an opportunity with violence expected to overwhelm a club that had grown weary of internecine wars in the last three years.
But the Rollers family showed maturity befitting the stature of one of the country’s biggest sides. The vote proceeded without major glitches and critics were served humble pie as Rollers went someway in patching their battered image. There were reports that a certain disgruntled section still wanted to pursue some issues in court. That has not come to pass and it is our hope the hatchet was finally buried at the annual general meeting.
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...