Constituency tournaments: The unanswered questions
Friday, September 17, 2010
Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Shaw Kgathi, was confidence personified when he addressed a media conference this week to clear the air on the controversy surrounding the constituency tournament and threats of suspension from FIFA. The Botswana Football Association (BFA) had been cornered, literally caught with its pants down. The nation was told that BFA had deliberately lied about a pending FIFA suspension as a result of the constituency tournaments.
Poor Boyce Sebetela, who is less than two months into his post as BFA vice president (administration), was dragged to the media conference to face scribes on the prowl.
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...