Where did these promising talents go?
Friday, July 10, 2009
Kagiso Tshelametse
Arguably one of the best goalkeepers to emerge in Botswana football in recent times.
Tall, athletic, agile and acrobatic, Tshelametse kept goals for the national team and once played abroad in Trinidad and Tobago. But his career somehow floundered and never flourished. The flamboyant goalkeeper played for Notwane, Satmos and Township Rollers before his disappearance. He was part of the national team, under coach Veselin Jelusic, which held the nation spell- bound with some outstanding performances and victories.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...