BNSC honours former stars in hall of fame
Saturday, May 24, 2014
“I am not saying you should not be paid, but always take care of your country because your country will reward you,” he said at the inaugural Botswana Sport Hall of Fame awards. Sebele and seven other legends were honoured at the awards. Former vice-president, Mompati Merafhe, athletics administrator, Raj Rathedi and former football administrator, Ishmael Bhamjee were given awards together with Cutberth Motsepe, Euphemia Tlhapane, the late vice-president, Peter Mmusi (posthumously) and former footballer, William ‘Paymaster’ Dennison (posthumously).
Sebele said that today, players have all the reasons to do better than their predecessors because they have better facilities. “It is not like in our days where we only relied on technical prudence,” he said. Sebele decried the approach of current football coaches to the game by saying that the best defence is attack.
BDF camps are military camps, and there is a need for stricter rules and regulations to safeguard their operations as well as ensure the safety of civilians. Of course, military personnel are human, and they have relatives as well as girlfriends and boyfriends, but the fact remains that the BDF is responsible for ensuring national security and stability and, as such, will be one of the first targets in the event of possible attacks. The decision...