Prisoners' Boxing Rehabilitation Project Rolls On
Monday, March 01, 2010
Project coordinator, Thuso 'Scud' Khubamang said he first conceptualised the idea when he was a professional boxer in the United States.
He said when he returned to Botswana, he talked with prisons' officials to implement the idea. He proposed to start by training interested inmates at the Boys' Prison in Gaborone. When he got the green-light, he started by organising open sparring sessions in the prison yard.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...