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Maokaneng’s return: the good and the bad

Maokaneng Bontshetse
Maokaneng Bontshetse

Maokaneng Bontshetse is back at the Botswana Football Association as second vice president after an odds defying victory at the recent General Assembly.

Like many other football politicians around him, he has swung like a pendulum from this side to the other. He was pro-Maclean Letshwiti in 2016, before aligning with Tebogo Sebego in 2020.

These frequent switches are a regularity, not only in football but in national politics, where they carry nice sounding names like defection and floor-crossing. Bontshetse has always been an integral part of local football politics and has evolved into what some call a king maker. ‘Max’ as he is fondly known in football circles, returns to the BFA at a time when the election fever is fast catching up at Lekidi Football Centre.

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