Budget cut leaves Youth Games team in disarray

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The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) has been forced to trim the Africa Youth Games (AYG) squad travelling to Algiers, Algeria due to a tight budget.

The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development gave the BNOC P4million, which is below what was requested.  Although BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho did not specify how much they had requested, he said the P4million is lower than what they had expected.

As a result, some codes like karate were left crying foul as their slots were affected.

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