Tshukudu Defends Tanzania Trips
Staff Writer | Monday July 25, 2016 15:47
Tshukudu and two other officials in the BTU recently spent seven days in Tanzania as part of an organising committee for the Southern African Teachers Union (SATO) games, where they allegedly raked in P15,000 each in per diems, even though the BTU will not be part of the annual SATO games this year.
BTU have pulled out of the SATO games as well as cancelled a number of local events as part of managing their budget, in a critical year of an elective congress, that is expected to cost the organisation as much as P4.5 million. Reacting to the allegations ahead of the elective congress in Palapye in two days time, Tshukudu told The Monitor that he went to the Tanzania planning meeting as the deputy secretary general (sports), while the other two BTU officials also serve in SATO as sports coordinator and another as a member of the technical team (sports). He said SATO is headquartered in Botswana and housed at the BTU offices.
Tshukudu said as sports officials of SATO the trio needed to be in Tanzania to plan for the games even though Botswana will not be participating in the games this year.
Tshukudu further told The Monitor that it is the norm for a SATO member to skip the games in an elective year since it is generally accepted that during an elective year the resources are severely stretched.
Tshukudu added that it is common knowledge that the BTU has in the past assisted SATO to be where it is today, hence the decision of SATO to base its new home in Botswana.