What's the fuss all about? Political parties are out for Chuene's blood. Do they really know what they want or don't want? What's wrong did Leonard really do?

I must admit that ASA was wrong to test Caster  for Sex without her knowledge. It was short sighted and I will accept an apology for that. But to ask for Leonard to resign or be fired its both opportunistic and populist.

I find it very difficult that Caster would rather have the other way round. Which is not having being afforded an opportunity to compete? Imagine if Leornard had prevented Caster from going to Berlin. That would have being cowardice, it would have been moronic.

Caster is now the best Women 800m athlete in the World, not even stripping her of her Medal will change that. She has created a brand out of herself and if well managed this brand will last forever. Caster's situation may look doom and gloomy, but she is a heroine without any doubt and Leonard has a lot to do with that.

Now, what went wrong here? The fact is IAAF made the biggest blunder of leaking Caster Semenya's private and personal information, the situation that ASA managed with flying colours.

Leonard was correct to forcefully ensure that Caster went to Berlin to compete. For her to go and explore her God given talent, to teach the world a thing or two about running the best 800m race. Those who feel that ASA should have stopped Caster from going to Berlin probably do not have children, if they do, they don't care about their children. Caster's parents must be grateful to Leonard for protecting their daughter's ability to express her God given talent

Everyone who has called for Leonard's head have not thought of Caster's eagerness to compete in athletics, they have not thought of her love for athletics. They have not thought of her longing to prove to the world that she is indeed the best athlete in the World.

Could it be that such people and organizations were driven by their own personal and organizational ambitions of using populism and opportunism to enter to the voter's mind without really taking into account the moral of the story.

It must be noted that populism and opportunism is a fake license into the voter's mind.

Now is very important for Leonard to finish his JOB. He must ensure that Caster keeps her Wright to run. He must ensure that Caster keeps running both locally and globally. He must ensure that the pain that Caster has suffered through the public humiliation by the recklessness of IAAF is stopped and forever so.

I sit here and refuse any statement and move that seeks to say that it was wrong for Caster to have gone to compete in Berlin, I refuse the dirty mentality that seeks to suggest that Caster must no longer compete.

ASA may have not being perfect in their treatment of Caster, but they have protected her and her talent to the end. They protected her from the hungry media and opportunistic politicians until IAAF messed it up.

I say to Leonard, please do all you can to protect Caster. If she loses her right to compete, it could be worse than the turmoil she has faced already.

Remember that, those who are blaming you have no idea, of the value of the talent to the bearer of the talent. Those who call for your head are probably not talented or do not have talented kids. They are probably jealous of Caster's talent and are wondering why their own kids cant be as good, it is pull him down syndrome. Some are really concerned about scoring political points by using the fake license of populism and opportunism to get into the voter's mind.

Sefu Sekgala
Tshwane

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