AUSC Region 5 secretary general passes on
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Mbebe
He was 52-years-old. Mbebe died on Monday at the ARWYP Private Hospital in Kempton Park in South Africa after losing a long battle with colon cancer.
Mbebe distinguished himself as a sports administrator par excellence in the world, Africa, the region and in his home country South Africa where he played critical roles in the successful hosting of the 2010 Football World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...