Athletics, the gift that keeps on giving
Friday, May 10, 2024 | 410 Views |
Game changer: Letsile has been a breath of fresh air
More than 40 sport codes are officially registered under the umbrella body, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC). All have recorded success in their small way, but one has remained peerless as the rise of Botswana as a global athletics powerhouse reads like a fairy.
A nation of just above two million people now finds itself standing shoulder-to-shoulder with established powerhouses like the United States of America and Jamaica.
‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...