Segolame Boy: A Huge Testimony For Constituency Tournaments

Since he burst into the scene at Township Rollers, Segolame Boy has been year after year touted for export to the more professional South African league clubs, including Kaizer Chiefs. He has won many man- of- the- match awards in the premier league more than we can count.

What is humbling about the Township Rollers and Zebras star is the fact that he is a direct by-product of the constituency tournament, where he was spotted while representing one of the Selebe-Phikwe sides by representatives of a Serowe club that later sold him to Rollers.

Just recently, athletics body announced their desire to have athletics included in these mass grassroots games, to enable their talent scouts and coaches to tap talent and polish it. Athletics, it should be noted, is probably the easiest sport in the world that enables anyone from even the humblest of backgrounds to break into the professional ranks and wave bye-bye to poverty. We have living examples to prove that fact with the likes of Botswana’s own California Molefe, Kabelo Kgosiemang, Gabriel Garenamotse, Glody Dube, Amantle Montsho, Nijel Amos, and lately Karabo Sibanda and his brigade.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

Batswana who marched peacefully for 'Justice for Tshepi' demanded answers. They have now received a detailed account of police investigation and a promise that the file is with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The real test is whether the state now keeps its word without further prodding. In his address, the minister asked the nation to trust the process. He spoke of rigour, not neglect, and pointed to 10 months of...

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