Late withdrawals hit softball qualifiers
Friday, February 03, 2023 | 110 Views |

Stage set: The National Diamond will host the qualifiers PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, and South Africa are the remaining competing nations after the late withdrawals of Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The four-day qualifiers end next week Friday and will determine the two teams that progress to the second stage of the qualifiers to be held in Europe.
Botswana senior women's team has previously qualified for the World Championships. However, they did not make it beyond the group stages. The cancellation has dimmed the excitement around the qualifiers.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...