A Maftown Boy Calms The Earthquake
Monday, June 06, 2016
Car spinning in Botswana will never be the same again and the event got off to a big start with the Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi opening the Earthquake in style.
‘Sissy Boy’ as he is also known, said he was impressed by the way the sport has developed over time. “It’s regulated, it’s safe, it’s for young people and we must enjoy it,” he said. He highlighted that the youth must engage in motorsport and be trained from an early age. Wearing his usual flat cap, ‘Sissy Boy’ got into the spinning track as a co-driver and was waving while the car was doing rounds on spinning area.
In the 2014 General Election, women who stood for parliamentary elections were a mere 17 out of a total of 192 aspirants, and sadly the number dropped to 11 out of 210 parliamentary aspirants in the 2019 General Election. Hopefully, registration of the Women in Politics Caucus will give women the necessary support to join politics. While things were slowly improving, women for a long time were at the receiving end as compared to their male...