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Sobering start to league season

Slow start: Premier League season enters week four but action is still to heat up PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Slow start: Premier League season enters week four but action is still to heat up PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

It was a very sobering moment for the fans to learn that the Botswana Premier League will kick off without a title sponsor for a third consecutive season.

Just as the whistle was about to blow for the kick-off of the 2022-2023 season, the local fans’ mood was lifted following the announcement that alcohol would be sold on match days.

The thirst is not yet quenched after the first three rounds of league games. The match venues remain white elephants as the teams do battle in the field under almost empty stands.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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