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We want to meet Boko—Para-team

Flag-bearers: The Paralympics team at the welcome ceremony PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Flag-bearers: The Paralympics team at the welcome ceremony PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Members of the Paralympics team who competed at the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India, have expressed a desire to have lunch with President Duma Boko.

The team wants to be treated like their counterparts, the World Athletics Championships team that was hosted for dinner by Boko at the State House. Bose Mokgwathi won a bronze medal in the men’s T13 400m, clocking a Personal Best (PB) of 49.66s. The win follows another bronze medal won by Gloria Majaga last year.

Speaking during the team's welcome ceremony, Captain Katlego Matutu said their wish is to have lunch with the President.

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