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Fencing struggle to ‘en-garde’

Tough outing: The fencing team is in London for the Commonwealth Championships
Tough outing: The fencing team is in London for the Commonwealth Championships

The national fencing team is having a hard time on the piste at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Fencing Championship held in London in the UK.

The Botswana Amateur Fencing Society (BAFS) sent a four-member team to the competition, having trimmed the number from an initial 12.

The BAFS cited a lack of funds for the decision to reduce the team, which saw the number of local elite fencers including women’s top-ranked, Aobakwe Modise and men’s number one, Koketso Masena miss out.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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