Local sport escapes COVID-19 bullet
Friday, May 22, 2020
This week, the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Tumiso Rakgare announced a P70million relief package meant to cushion arts and sports during the bleak period.
But has local sport been hard hit like other industries such as tourism and manufacturing? A cursory look indicates that the impact has been more on the physical activity rather than on the financial losses.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...