Elias rewarded with Zebras call-up
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Mbatshi Elias PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
The former TAFIC man is set for his first run out in national team colours after he was included in the Zebras side that will face Zambia in the 2020 African Nations Championships (CHAN) qualifiers at the Francistown Sports Complex next week.
Mbatshi moved to Orapa from TAFIC during the January transfer window. Since moving to Orapa Elias’s rise to stardom has been somehow spectacular. Perhaps his most defining moment this season was scoring the opening goal in a 3-0 Orange FA cup final win over Township Rollers last month.
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...