According to the union’s secretary-general, Kgosana Masaseng, in the early years of its formation, FUB opted to appoint some personnel into committees based on their expertise. He, however, said things will now change following the union’s proposed changes, which will democratise its processes. He said the power now has been pushed into the hands of the members. Masaseng pointed out that some of the major changes proposed include a diversity and inclusion plan aimed at elevating the voice of female players. “There is a proposal to elevate female members to the position of second vice president, which is exclusively contested for by female players only. In the current board, there has been only one female representative, but the new proposal is to have a minimum of three,” he said. The union recently ran an online campaign to sensitise different stakeholders about the plight of women in football in the country. The campaign was also aimed at demonstrating that women’s football can no longer follow in the footsteps of the men’s game. Masaseng said the response to the campaign has been encouraging. He said they are currently dealing with some of the suggestions by other stakeholders as some of them border on new policy formulation.
He also said in the old structure of the FUB board, only the president and the vice president were elected by congress. They would then go on to appoint the treasurer, head of the legal committee, head of the medical committee, head of finance and strategic committee, head of players relations committee and head of women’s football committee.
