The President of the Republic of Botswana, Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, has declared today, Friday, August 9, 2024, as a national holiday. National Holiday.
The declaration of the holiday comes after the country’s representative at the ongoing Paris Olympics, Mr. Letsile Tebogo, secured a gold medal in the 200 m.
His victory is the first in the history of the Olympics for an athlete from Botswana and Africa as a whole to win a medal.
A press released issued by the presidency in Botswana said “His Excellency, Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, hereby declares to the nation, that he has found it a fitting tribute to Mr. Letsile Tebogo, “Botswana’s Sensation”, to grant Batswana and residents an afternoon day-off, on this very day, Friday the 9th August, 2024.”
The release noted that “the decision has been duly made to recognise and honour Letsile Tebogo as the first Motswana and first African to win a Gold Medal for 200m in the history of the Olympics. Furthermore, the President underscores, recognises and acknowledges Letsile’s performance and achievement as markedly outstanding, and deserving of the nation to pause and celebrate him in a most unique, appropriate and responsible manner, that will be etched in the annals of the history of the Republic.
Read the full release below
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
