Protecting the game: Fighting piracy to keep African football alive
Tuesday, December 09, 2025 | 60 Views |
Multi-ethnic group of young male soccer fans sitting on couch in living room watching match on TV
The game will have an audience of millions.
There will likely be a full house of 68,000-odd fans at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, but most fans will watch the game via streaming and television, from across the African continent – and the world.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...