Zakhem on genesis of BFL fallout
Friday, March 22, 2024 | 260 Views |
Narrating: Zakhem gave details to the press this week PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
He said one of the main issues that gave birth to the persistent brawl, included BFL's desire to have its own offices away from the Lekidi Football Centre. Briefing the media at Lekidi Centre this week, Zakhem said before the 2023-2024 season, during a board meeting, it was decided that the BFL should have an office away from the Botswana Football Association's (BFA) property.
“People do not know that the BFL does not own anything until we went to Satar Dada and solicited a car worth P450,000 for our then CEO, Senzo Mbatha. After we did that, Jagdish Shah said in a meeting that for the first time, BFL has something of its own,” Zakhem remarked.
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...