Lethabo punches her way to success
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Sign of victory: Modukanele won a medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games
The hard-punching boxer melted the hearts of Batswana when she became the first member of Team Botswana to win a medal at the just ended Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom in July.
She scooped the medal after beating Sri Lanka's Nadeeka Pushpa in the women’s minimum weight category (45kg-48kg). Modukanele is not just an average boxer as once she steps into the ring, she takes complete control.
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...