Bathai gets top appointment

According to the appointment letter signed by CKF secretary, Craig Vokey, Bathai will hold the post until the CKF’s next general meeting in September 2022. The letter further states that Bathai is to arrange the transfer of funds from Karate South Africa that have been held in trust since the previous CKF championship that was held in Durban in 2019.

Bathai said the appointment is an additional responsibility to his existing role of CKF vice president. “My role is to ensure that all CKF books of accounts are properly kept. I am to facilitate the opening of the bank account of CKF in Botswana.