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Table Tennis thrives despite school sports absence

Progressing: Table tennis in good motion PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Progressing: Table tennis in good motion PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The local table tennis juniors will take centre stage, as spots in the Southern Africa Hopes and Junior Championship are up for grabs tomorrow (Saturday).

The Botswana Table Tennis Association (BTTA) will host the Phoenix Assurance Junior and Hopes Contender at the Baobab Multi-Purpose Hall.

The tournament is used to select the Diteemane Under-15 team to compete at the Southern Africa Hopes and Junior Championship to be held in Windhoek, Namibia in September.


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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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