Botswana towards AFCON: Is Namibia friend or foe?
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Debate: Reikeletseng argues Botswana could have gone it alone PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
One of my greatest memories is spending days on end with the Russian Chess Grandmaster Gary Kimorich Kaspanov in Turkey during the Chess Olympiad. He gave me sport lessons, which opened my eyes to what sports is really all about and how we can take advantage of the lessons from the principles and character of sport.
Sport has two faces and two main outcomes, sport development and sport for development. The two should always be focused together for sport to make sense and find its place in the current dispensation. Gary told me that the game of chess is responsible for advanced technology in brain surgery, so many lives have been saved.
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...