Referees deserve respect
Friday, December 05, 2008
The BFA leadership do not also give enough support to the whistle man. They let club officials ridicule the whistle men as they wish unlike in more advanced countries, like England where even top officials are fined for small negativity towards the referess.
Recently the top rated referee in the country who is also a FIFA referee, Joshua Bondo, was jostled and nearly manhandled by Centre Chiefs players and officials.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...