Netball sails through despite odds
Friday, November 18, 2022 | 80 Views |
Up and away: Netball games were completed despite the earlier challenges PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Raditladi-Nkgakile came into office at a time when BONA was marred in controversy emanating from the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. The association had a mountain of debt and then the association lost the league sponsor.
After her re-election last year, Raditladi-Nkgakile had to deal with an appeal against her victory. The other candidate, Thulaganyo Retshabile challenged the outcome of the results and the appeal is still pending. Despite the challenges, LUCARA Diamond Company came to the rescue of netball sponsoring the league with P300,000.
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...