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Saturday, January 20, 2024 | 250 Views |
National team duty: Softball players will train at the National Diamond PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This week, the Botswana Softball Association (BSA) issued an invitation to players to report for training at the National Diamond in Gaborone and there are already complaints that players from far flung areas were finding it hard to respond to the invitation as they face transport challenges.
This was acknowledged by the BSA in a statement. “At the moment, it is not all players who are attending training sessions. It is only those around Gaborone who can manage to attend. Players who reside outside Gaborone have been encouraged to possibly find other alternatives of training and building fitness,” the statement reads.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...