Letsile pockets P50,000 from Emergency Assist 991

To the rescue: MRI gave Tebogo P50,000 PIC: TUMELO PABALINGA FACEBOOK PAGE
To the rescue: MRI gave Tebogo P50,000 PIC: TUMELO PABALINGA FACEBOOK PAGE

World junior 100m record holder, Letsile Tebogo has received P50,000 from emergency medical services company, Emergency Assist 991.

Tebogo smashed the 100m record at the recent World Junior Championships in Cali, Columbia when he ran 9.91 secs.

Ironically, the time is synonymous with the emergency medical services number, 991. The company presented a cheque to Tebogo in Gaborone this morning after the athlete’s triumphant return from Colombia.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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