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Netball teams gear up for Africa Cup

The senior national Netball team during their training camp in Jwaneng
The senior national Netball team during their training camp in Jwaneng

Botswana senior netball teams don’t want to repeat the same mistake they made last year by failing to attend the Africa Netball Cup.

The Botswana Netball Association (BONA) had failed to send the teams to the competition that was held in Namibia due to financial challenges. As a result, the previous executive committee came under fire from the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC). The netball body was accused of having failed to include the Africa Netball Cup in its annual plan, because funding was already approved according to the approved plans of associations.

However, BONA refuted the claims by BNSC stating that they had included Africa Netball Cup in the plan. With the new executive committee in office, they seem to have put their ducks in a row regarding the competition.

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