Gaborone's turn to host Region 5 Games
Friday, December 07, 2018
The games have been running since the first ones held in Mozambique in 2004. The AUSC Council of Ministers adopted a Five Year Development Plan at their November 23, 1997 meeting in Cabinda, Angola. One of the Projects in the Development Plan was the organisation and hosting of AUSC Region 5/SADC Games for the Under-20 age group on a biennial basis.
At their Special Meeting of September 7, 1999 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the AUSC Region 5 Council of Ministers agreed that the hosting of the Games shall be compulsory and rotational, and shall be the basis of the chairmanship of the council of ministers. Thus the country whose minister is the chairperson of the AUSC Region 5 council of ministers shall host the Games.
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