Local Runners Break Foreign Dominance
Monday, September 09, 2019
Local runner Rapula Dipheko won the men's title. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Most of the athletes were using the race as a dress rehearsal for Phikwe national marathon that follows next weekend.
Rapula Diphoko of Diacore runners club was the fastest and won the race in 1:07:24. Pint-sized Sesebo Matlapeng followed closely to reach the finish line in 1:07:27.
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...