GEN Z ATHLETES LEAVING NO CRUMBS

Some have some really unkind things to say about the Minister of Youth, Gender, Culture and Sport, Tumiso Rakgare. A few voters have threatened to ‘ return him’ to his pre- ministerial o ce body size this coming general election. Interestingly, it is under Rakgare that Botswana’s athletes have done their historic best. ere is cast iron guarantee that Letsile Tebogo will bag a medal at this year’s Olympics in France and it’s highly likely that the 4x400- metres boy’s relay team ( there are no men at the Olympics) will also secure a podium nish. Away from athletics, another professional sport that Botswana appears to be doing well in is competitive eating and all athletes are Gen Z.

For some reason, the events they participate in are not televised but no one has ever disputed their accounts of having eaten and leaving no crumbs. “I ate and le no crumbs” is the precise language they use and use on an almost daily basis. If you remember, some highend restaurants in Gaborone used to run jumbo hamburger eating competitions which no one seemed to be able to win. Gen Z competitive eaters are so good that such restaurants don’t even want to risk running such competitions because not only would the eaters in question stand on business: they clear plates leaving no crumbs. It would be interesting though to match up Botswana’s competitive eaters against those in other countries because the latter also claim that they eat and leave no crumbs. However, they should leave some crumbs in their bank accounts.