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 is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...