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Mqondisi Dube
  • Magang has a point on BNSC

    Magang questioned the wisdom of sending even personal assistants to Ghana for the ongoing African Games yet during preparations, sport codes are often told there is no budget. She argues, when its game time, all of a sudden there is enough money to...

  • Notwane faces inglorious sunset

    Around 2010, Notwane was a key factor in the then beMOBILE Premier League, but now ‘Sechaba’ is almost unrecognisable, pitifully wallowing in the lower rungs of the First Division.Out of the 12-team Debswana First Division South assembly, Notwane...

  • Communities petition British High Commission over hunting bill

    The bill, which failed to pass at the House of Lords last year, is due to be re-tabled later this month, but Botswana is amongst southern Africans lobbying against the instrument. The Ngamiland Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (NCONGO), an...

  • It’s a sin to be the away team in Africa

    Tanzania's Simba SC showed that in this day and age, the age old dirty tactic of bullying away teams is still alive with some brutal treatment dished to Jwaneng Galaxy.It's not the first time that the Tanzanian club has been accused of using...

  • Wagner presses ahead with Golden Grand Prix

    The future of the Golden Grand Prix, held in Botswana for the first time last year, was shrouded in doubt when the World Athletics took away hosting rights from the local company, Golden Door Sports Agency, owned by Olympian Glody Dube.He lost the...

  • Enough of the BFL madness

    The emotions had probably been bubbling under, but once fissures cracked open, the eruption has been enormous . Football has witnessed all the ugly twists and turns, with the image of the sport taking a dent with each passing episode. In one corner...

  • Media almost drove Mamelodi to the edge

    In excerpts contained in his soon-to-be-released memoir, ‘Protecting The Game’ Mamelodi reveals a fractious relationship with the local media as his position as Botswana Football Association (BFA) came under frequent scrutiny.Mamelodi, who headed...

  • Clubs plan demo, Zakhem unmoved

    Disgruntled BFL shareholders took their grievances to the Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare, complaining about Zakhem’s conduct. In turn, the minister reportedly ordered the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) to...

  • BFL offices locked, employees sent on leave

    The move comes as shareholders, opposed to BFL chairperson Nicholas Zakhem, held a meeting at Lekidi Centre this morning to deliberate on recent developments. On Monday, Zakhem issued a statement announcing CEO Senzo Mbatha's contract has lapsed...

  • Glody can't be a brides-man at his own wedding

    For many, when the event came to Botswana’s shores last year April, it was athletics’ crowning moment.It was a first for Botswana as the country was one of only two African nations to get the honour to host a gold status athletics competition....

  • BFL flames rage, Mbatha leaves

    But Zakhem denied the allegations and said Mbatha's contract expired last week, while Motsepe left on his own volition. Some disgruntled BFL shareholders convened a meeting yesterday at Lekidi Centre, chaired by BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti....

  • Book captures Mamelodi’s rare insight into stay at BFA

    Mamelodi was in charge at BFA, often a hotbed of moral turpitude between 1989 and 2000. The 200-page book, due for release at the end of March, captures the transformation that the seasoned administrator ushered, leading to Botswana shedding its...

  • Showdown looms over Golden Grand Prix

    The brainchild behind the event, Glody Dube, is reportedly preparing to pursue the legal route as it has emerged that the government is on the verge of assuming full control of the project."World Athletics reportedly wants to rope in an American...

  • Football’s First National Bank

    One would have to rewind back to 2009 when then Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) introduced a game-changing deal, which was initially P24million over three seasons. At its peak the BTC sponsorship surpassed the P10 million-per-season...

  • Africa puts best foot forward

    The action has been exhilarating, the attendance, impressive while the officiating even drew praises from respected gaffer, Jose Mourinho. It will be interesting to find out the crowd that watched last night’s final between Nigeria and Cote...

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