Parents decry high cost of taekwando
Friday, June 12, 2015

Hitting the pockets: Parents say taekwondo is an expensive sport
A relatively new sport in Botswana that was formed in 2007, taekwando only made its mark at the Second Africa Youth Games. Botswana Taekwando Federation (BTF) is determined to popularise the sport around the country, but faces financial constraints.
Gaofengwe Kepaletswe, whose child has been selected for a trip to South Korea, complained about the high costs. Parents are expected for fork out P20,000 towards the 10-day trip to Asia.
Stock theft has become rampant and difficult to contain thus keeping the police on their toes as the country is rocked by stock theft cases that are becoming difficult to contain.This form of crime is causing great misery to farmers in Botswana, especially in rural communities that largely depend on agriculture for a living. As stock theft cases escalate, the police say that most of the meat consumed in major towns and villages is from stolen...