Rollers� Peace Key For Football

The gloom surrounding Botswana football giants, Township Rollers was lifted when the rightful owners of the club, the fans, chose a new committee and a model to drive the team forward at their recent annual general meeting.

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.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

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