World Relays debacle: Athletics enters murky territory
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Fire-fighting: Theetso PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO Flashback: The victorious 4x400 men’s relay team
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has become a reference point for disputes over allowances. Successive Zebras generations have been at loggerheads with the association for failing to timeously honour financial obligations.
This week, it was the turn of athletics, as Oabona Theetso, the BAA vice president-administration had a busy week trying to put out the fires in the media.
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...