Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket

Motlhanka's rise is expected to inspire young cricket
Motlhanka's rise is expected to inspire young cricket

At 23, he was thrown into cricket’s deep end, when he was handed the national team captaincy. He could have sunk, but Karabo Motlhanka managed to swim, and is now a bold, confident leader, who mirrors the present and future of Botswana cricket, which is in the middle of a critical transformation, writes MQONDISI DUBE

Botswana cricket recently came of age, when the senior men’s team stunned favourites, Namibia to win the T20 Africa C qualifiers.

If it were business as usual, Namibia, who have had the better of Botswana in the last eight years, would have wrapped a routine victory.

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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...

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