Peerless Selolwane calls time on eventful career

A life changing deft turn and strike against South Africa marked a mazy journey through success for an unassuming Diphetogo ‘Dipsy’ Selolwane. But beneath the wonder strike and the fame that followed is a litany of heart-stopping moments which could have halted a dream which began in Extension II in Gaborone. Selolwane overcame asthma at a tender age only to be dogged by a career threatening injury. In between, there was a punch from a Mozambique player and the unwanted record of being substituted hardly five minutes on the pitch. But as he prepares for his swansong tomorrow, he leaves the game as arguably Botswana’s most recognisable soccer export. He narrates his journey to Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE