December 3rd marked International Day for People with Disabilities. The topic about physical ‘disabilities’ is contentious and the contention begins with description of the word itself, ‘disability’.
I was in the middle of a conversation with a local female hurdler, when she interrupted our conversation and said, “that boy runs so beautifully.” She was referring to a then young 16-year-old Letsile Tebogo, as he ran with his now globally recognizable elegant stride.
Letsile Tebogo’s dominant performance in the Olympic 200m final in Paris to win a first ever Gold medal for Africa, has fuelled optimism in a landlocked country saddled with rising unemployment, underemployment and inter-generational poverty.