Africa Youth Games team leaves for Morocco

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) held a farewell party for the team which will represent the country at the inaugural Africa Youth Games in Morocco from July 13 to 18.

The Minister of Sports and Culture, Shaw Kgathi, presented the team with national colours during the sending-off ceremony at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on Wednesday evening. 

BNOC president, Negroes Kgosietsile, thanked the government for positively responding to their plea for funds to send a team to the games. He said the games were only announced in February this year and they were therefore not in the initial budget, but the minister pushed hard to make it possible for the country to send a team.

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