Police IX Wallop Struggling BMC
Monday, March 18, 2013
The mercy rule is the limit put on the amount of runs scored that automatically ends a game. At 7-0 in the fifth inning, Police had already sealed a win.
But the visitors will take solace in the fact that their second leg defeat was lesser than the first. In the first leg, visiting Police thumped BMC 23-0 with runs scored in the first three innings in Lobatse. And on Saturday, they started off strongly to post another emphatic victory.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...