BFA, BNSC meet over FIFA ultimatum
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
FIFA issued an ultimatum last week for the constituency tournaments to be run under the BFA or Botswana risk expulsion from international competitions. The situation should be rectified by September 22.
The BFA and the BNSC did not waste time and were hard at work yesterday laying the framework as the search for a solution moved into the first gear.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....