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'Our problem with Rakgare is personal'

Zakhem (left) and Shah PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Zakhem (left) and Shah PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Gloves are off as the fall-out following recent football squabbles show no sign of abating. The Botswana Football League (BFL) chairperson, Nicholas Zakhem and board member, Jagdish Shah who have come under intense criticism from Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare, returned the favour on Wednesday.

This was hours before Rakgare made probably the harshest criticism of the duo and the Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Maclean Letshiwiti, during Ashford Mamelodi's book launch on Wednesday evening. In an earlier interview, in response to Rakgare’s comments on football leadership in last week Friday’s Mmegi, Zakhem said the minister was not doing favours to sport. “Jagdish did a lot for Rollers.

I have done the same for GU. You cannot say Jagdish and Zakhem are not suffering but the players are suffering. We paid players on time all the time with no exception. Are these people that you can say they are not good for football?” How can he come and label us in such a manner? I condemn his attitude and I condemn his behaviour.

Editor's Comment
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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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