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Notwane faces inglorious sunset

On the edge: Notwane face a challenging time PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
On the edge: Notwane face a challenging time PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Just like the Notwane River suffocating from the devastating impacts of an El Niño-induced drought, Notwane, the football club, is wilting under incessant poor results.

Around 2010, Notwane was a key factor in the then beMOBILE Premier League, but now ‘Sechaba’ is almost unrecognisable, pitifully wallowing in the lower rungs of the First Division.

Out of the 12-team Debswana First Division South assembly, Notwane are found in position 11, a spot that guarantees automatic exit to the unfashionable Division One leagues. This, unfathomable a decade ago, is now inching closer to reality. Notwane has slid from its highs of the 1990s when it became one of Gaborone’s glamour clubs.

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