Botswana are crowd favourites
Friday, November 16, 2007
NEW ZEALAND: Yesterday Botswana turned round a 19-goal pre-championship warm-up loss to Trinidad and Tobago with an impressive display of controlled netball at the world netball championship.
In a physical, no-holds-barred game, crowd favourites Botswana retained composure under some intense Caribbean pressure for a well-deserved 39-38 win after leading 20-17 at halftime.
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...