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.
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...