Dube quits BAA
Calistus Kolantsho | Wednesday December 7, 2016 14:41
He joined BAA executive committee in 2008 as an additional member. He was then selected as the public relations officer and rose through the ranks to the position of vice president. Dube is a retired middle distance runner who specialised in 800 metres.
He told Mmegi Sport yesterday that his resignation is effective immediately and that it took a lot of guts to quit BAA.
“Athletics is close to my heart. Athletics made me who I am today and being given an opportunity to run it was a blessing. But there is always that moment in life when one has to make tough decisions,” he said.
Dube said the main thing that led him to resign was his desire to set up an athletics academy. He said it was going to be difficult for him to go into business whilst still holding a post in the BAA executive committee.
He explained that the academy would welcome athletes who clock good times and age is going to be an added advantage.
Dube said the academy is going to recruit coaches locally and internationally. He said it is unfortunate that he is leaving at a time when plans are underway to set up BAA secretariat.
He said having a chief executive officer would improve the way athletics is run in the country, adding that time has come for athletics not to be run by volunteers because it has grown.
“During my tenure in office, I have seen athletics evolving. There has been an improvement on how competitions are organised and we also made sure that structures are in place. Despite all those successes, there are still some teething problems that the code faces,” he said. BAA public relations officer, Roland Masalila expressed shock towards Dube’s resignation.
“I am not aware of his resignation but if it is true, it would be a blow to athletics. I would try and convince him to change his mind,” he said.
Meanwhile, Masalila said in the past six months, BAA has been under the spotlight for bad reasons and with Dube resigning it would get worse.