All Team Botswana stars in camp

All systems go: Botswana athletes training at the UB stadium yesterday. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
All systems go: Botswana athletes training at the UB stadium yesterday. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

South African-based swimmers, David Van Der Colff and Michael Botha arrived yesterday to join the Botswana team to the African Youth Games (AYG) that kick-off in Gaborone today. The arrival of the duo meant that all the 197 contestants Botswana intends to field at the Games are in camp.

Van Der Colff was training at the High Performance Centre (HPC) in Pretoria together with Naomi Ruele, who jetted into the country on Saturday. 

Team Botswana moved into the Games Village at the University of Botswana (UB) on Tuesday.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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