Kicks continue to fly at troubled karate
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Flying kicks: Peace continues to elude karate PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
He is also demanding payment of his outstanding allowance. During the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), BOKA president, Mpho Bakwadi informed the delegates that Goju-Karate Federation ceased to be a member due to non-compliance with the constitution, specifically failure to pay annual affiliation fees. Ponatshego slapped BOKA with two demand letters this week, which gave BOKA a time frame of seven working days.
“Following a shocking communication to expel us, we write this letter demanding you to reinstate the Goju-Kai Karate Federation with immediate effect because we already have an affiliation fee with BOKA. We are of the view that you acted out of ignorance towards reaching such a reckless decision. We have grossly suffered from this action,” Ponatshego said in the first letter.
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...