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Africa could be re-arranging a long-standing obdurate reliance on European imports for national team jobs. The signs are beginning to emerge. Bafana Bafana legend, Benni McCarthy, recently touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to...

Da Rosa set the platform with a campaign changing win away to Cape Verde before he completed the double at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium to leave the Zebras on the brink of a second AFCON finals qualification. Ramoreboli was roped in for the...

The entrance of Motsepe as a candidate for the CAF presidency in 2021 excited a continent that has seen its football fortunes plummet under former strongman, the late Issah Hayatou of Cameroon. Towards the end of his 29-year reign, Hayatou was...

Some are actually unusable if you take the sad story of the Masunga Sports Complex. The Molepolole Sports Complex is also one facility that could morph into a white elephant. In fact, general stadia maintenance, including private facilities like the...

Last Friday, Parliament approved a motion presented by the Molepolole North Member of Parliament, Araf Khan, to probe the P65 million process (inclusive of the bid book). In 2023, the Botswana government, through the then Ministry of Youth, Gender...

After deliberations, the National Assembly voted in favour of a motion brought before the House by Molepolole North Member of Parliament, Arafat Khan, to investigate the process, which cost the country in excess of P65 million. Sources told...

The BNSC is responsible for the maintenance of public stadia and Serufho, responding to MmegiSport inquiries, acknowledges the difficult task the commission is confronted with. "It is quite challenging as the facilities are not generating enough...

This year, sport expects to receive P160 million, a similar amount that the sport's mother body, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC), got in 2024. The budget, which has been around P100 million per year since 2018, only registering a...

In contrast, in neighbouring South Africa, which is also on the brink of introducing the programme, the once-off cost of implementation has been put at between R60 million (approximately P44 million) and R80 million (approximately P60 million). The...

The figure of P160, 508, 090 is subject to approval by Parliament following Finance Minister, Ndaba Gaolathe's budget presentation on February 9. There has been growing expectation from the BNSC affiliations for an increase in the government...

This is the unambiguous statement sent by the Botswana Football League Disciplinary Committee through a ruling handed down to Security Systems coach, David Botlhasitse, last week. The BFL prosecutor, Makungekwa Maswabi set the ball rolling by...

In fact, sport played the role of bridesmaid to arts as the sector was only mentioned as a 'meanwhile.' Gaolathe's speech contained hardly 100 words about sport. Should the sector be worried or it was just an oversight from the minister?...

Kick-off is 4pm. Part of the facility was affected by the recent heavy rains, which have seen some seating areas collapse. Despite the incident, Botswana Football League public relations officer, Prince Tshoswane told MmegiOnline, the match will go...

The Zebras found themselves stranded in Mauritania after playing an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in September. The Botswana Football Association (BFA) then issued a statement indicating that logistical challenges due to unforeseen circumstances...

The coaches argue the mother body has rebuffed all efforts for a meeting after concerns the BFA did not follow due process in appointing the South African. However, the BFA has batted away concerns from the local coaches, maintaining the appointment...