FIRST CUT
Friday, July 25, 2008
You can trust me when I posit that whatever happens in Mpumalanga, the discussions would rage on. If we win, it will be the usual excitement where suddenly everything becomes good.
If we lose, (and God forbid) it will be chaos. Overnight, we will forget about everything else and be dismissive of the technical team. We will call it names and ask the Botswana Football Association (BFA) to fire the coach or to employ another one. A dose of hypocrisy in other words. Dear reader, I must I admit the obvious. That, our football development is still work in progress. We cannot argue against this. But, going by the amount of time the national team spends in camp, it is high time we reap the rewards.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...