BNSC reinstates, suspends Chankuluba again

The cat-and-mouse game between Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) and Lands and Facilities Manager Golesedi Nina Chankuluba continued last week.

After being reinstated on Wednesday, Chankuloba was suspended indefinitely again on Friday bringing to three the number of her suspensions in about five months.Chankuloba went back to work on Wednesday last week, but was banned again on Friday. Chankuluba confirmed in an interview that she was sent back home after being reinstated. She, however, said she was not given the reasons why she was sent packing again."I suspect it is the story that was written on some newspaper on Friday," she said. A local newspaper carried a story about the report that Chankuluba had written after being suspended for the second time. Chankuluba was not in a position to say who she wrote the report to that was eventually leaked to the newspaper. The report implicated some of the powers that be at BNSC.

BNSC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Percy Raditladi would not be drawn into discussing the matter."Our position is that we cannot comment on the matter," he said yesterday. Mmegi Sport had wanted Raditladi to confirm or deny if Chankuluba was on suspension, and if so explain the reason for it. The hide-and-seek game between the two started after allegations of embezzlement at the Lands and Facilities office. That eventually led to the suspension of Chankuluba who was the action Chief Executive Officer then. She was reinstated after being cleared at a hearing, but suspended again a few days later. This was after she demanded that the council use the media to apologise for humiliating her when they suspended her. 

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