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Olympics, BFA elections headline busy year

Election time: BFA will head to the polls in October PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Election time: BFA will head to the polls in October PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana will hope to improve its performance at the world's biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games, which takes place mid-year in Paris, while back home, the country's most popular sport, football goes to the polls in October in what should be the highlight of another year that promises to thrill. MmegiSport's MQONDISI DUBE, KABELO BORANABI and CALISTUS KOLATSHO preview the 12 months ahead

Football's difficult start

Football has plunged into a crisis after the infamous December 16 gathering of Premier League shareholders in Palapye. The game is struggling to recover from the events of that afternoon where Nicholas Zakhem and Jagdish Shah were removed as directors. This week Zakhem was suspended as the BFL shareholder while Shah reportedly resigned. But Zakhem is digging in, insisting procedure was not followed.


Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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