High in the mountains, Lesotho’s most ambitious sports infrastructure project has never come into full operation. The Rapokolana High Altitude Sports Training Centre, built in 2005 at a cost of about M55-million (M1 equals R1), was intended to be a regional hub for elite athlete training. But decades later, it is vandalised, stripped of assets, and largely abandoned.
Conceived as an Olympic-standard facility, Rapokolana was designed to offer sustained high-altitude training conditions. Plans included athlete accommodation, a running track, a gym, indoor swimming facilities, soccer fields, tennis and netball…
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa in size is three times the size of Texas and five times the size of Japan.