Dakar Rally aspirant kick-starts season

Riding through: Armstrong will start Dakar Rally preparations in earnest
Riding through: Armstrong will start Dakar Rally preparations in earnest

Dakar Rally aspirant, Brady Armstrong begins preparations for the race at the Gauteng Xcross Country Club (GXCC) championship round two to be held at Fortville, South Africa.

The teen sensation has been impressive on the bike over the past season attracting international attention as he bids to turn professional. Earlier this year, he was part of the HT Rally Raid team for the Dakar Rally.

The 18-year-old joined the Netherlands-based HT Rally Raid Husqvarna motorcycle team, as an observer for the spectacle held in Saudi Arabia.

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Time to end informal sector fronting

The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...

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