Orange pledges P350k for Phikwe marathon
Friday, March 17, 2023 | 150 Views |
Take-off: Orange Phikwe Marathon is one of the key athletics events PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The sponsorship between Orange Botswana, Selebi-Phikwe Town Council (SPTC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) was announced on Wednesday morning in Gaborone, marking the sixth consecutive year of the partnership.
The marathon is expected to attract over 2,500 national, regional and international runners, from the social, amateur and professional ranges. Speaking during the press conference, Orange Botswana Acting CEO, Maano Masisi said as a company, they believe in sport’s unique ability to unite and gather people from various backgrounds whether through football, athletics, or any other sporting code.
“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...