Visiting Banyana humiliate Botswana
Monday, May 16, 2011
MOLEPOLOLE: The national Under-23 women soccer team crashed out of the running of this year's All-Africa Games after a 4-0 humiliation by visiting South Africa at the Molepolole Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon.
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, the Botswana girls failed to stand the test and bowed out 4-1 on aggregate to Banyana Banyana in the last stage of the qualifiers. The win means South Africa has qualified for the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique in September.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...