Rider, ross branch wants Botswana citizenship
Monday, July 11, 2011
Branch, who has lived in Botswana for 25 years, wants to compete at the inter-continental race as a true Motswana and is in the process of assuming local citizenship.
Although he has a South African passport, Branch is always referred to as a Motswana whenever he participates in international races.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...