MARES GAIN INDEPENDENCE
• Ladies 0 as girl power takes centre stage in historic clash
Traditionally, the Zebras have been at the forefront when it comes to playing in the celebratory Independence Day football match.
However, the winds of change, which famously breezed through the country 56 years ago, will once again sweep into Botswana on 30th September as, for the first time in history, the ladies’ national team take centre stage on the big day.
A just reward for the recent heroics, including reaching the WAFCON quarter-finals in their maiden appearance at the continental competition earlier this year, Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang’s Mares take on western neighbours, Namibia, at the National Stadium.