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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
Don't let FMD outbreak drag on

Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...

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