BFA should respect the Zebras
Friday, June 30, 2017
The Zebras are due to play Zambia in the COSAFA Cup quarterfinal on Saturday. Reports were that Botswana Football Association (BFA) was involved in frantic efforts to get the team to travel after players demanded outstanding allowances.
This issue is always the main camapign tool of BFA president. The past presidents such as Dikgang Makgalemele, David Fani and Tebogo Sebego, all promised to nip the problem in the bud without any success. It has now cropped up during the president of Maclean Letshwiti and it remains to be seem how he will tackle the problem.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....