Anything That Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong

Suspended BFA chief executive officer, Goabaone Taylor
Suspended BFA chief executive officer, Goabaone Taylor

Among the world’s most dangerous jobs are aircraft pilots, structural and steel workers, logging workers and fishermen. The occupational hazards associated with these jobs are well known.

A sudden airplane plunge, in all likelihood, marks the death of the pilot and once a boat capsizes, the fisherman’s life is in danger. While these jobs present clear and ever present dangers, there is one that poses ‘silent danger.’ The Botswana Football Association (BFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position presents a lot of obviously hidden landmines.

It is not an office for the feint hearted. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a sheep or daredevil behind the swivel chair, the dangers are dished in equal measure. Ashford Mamelodi is one of the few to complete his term as BFA CEO. While there has been no recorded fatality due to the occupational hazards of the post, the acrimonious exits certainly qualify to place the position as ‘dangerous’. Daggers are forever drawn and the smell of blood is always overpowering. A BFA CEO leaves home to the warmest hugs from the family, only to be confronted by a hostile environment minutes later. It’s the typical ‘if tomorrow never comes’ situation and it rarely comes for most.

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