Motsepe offers AFCON encouragement
Mqondisi Dube | Tuesday April 26, 2022 13:16
Motsepe, who was in Gaborone yesterday (Monday), held meetings with the Minister of Sport, Gender, Youth and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare, as well as football officials.
Speaking during a meeting with football representatives at Lekidi Centre, Motsepe said Botswana stands to benefit from hosting CAF’s flagship competition. Botswana wants to co-host the competition with Namibia.
“It is my duty to ensure that Botswana football grows. There is no CAF if football doesn’t grow. I leave Botswana confident and proud. You have the talent. Days of talking about potential are gone,” Motsepe said.
“There is absolutely no reason why you should not host the AFCON finals,” he said.
Motsepe commended the Botswana Football Association (BFA) following the Mares’ historic qualification to the Africa Women Cup of Nations finals.
Earlier, BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti told Motsepe that the country is in the process of transforming football.
Letshwiti said most teams were still run as societies and it is BFA's desire to see football turn professional and clubs operate as private companies.
Football officials shared their experiences with Motsepe, raising concerns over the unequal treatment of women’s football.
Some said support from the private sector was not sufficient to help move football forward.