Botswana wins Youth Games bid

Palenfo delivered the good news during a ceremony broadcast live on Botswana Television (Btv). Now Gaborone is preparing to welcome over 4,000 athletes from 53 countries for the competition. Botswana showed interest in hosting the event in 2010 and Palenfo said after their visit last year, it was not difficult to awards Botswana the hosting rights. He observed that something that impressed them was the cooperation and commitment that the Botswana Government showed during the bidding process.

Botswana was the only country to show interest in hosting the event.However, in the case ANOCA was not impressed they would have opened another bid. Some of the issues considered before giving the hosting rights were infrastructure, accommodation and venues.Palenfo advised Batswana that for the event to be successful it needs cooperation of all stakeholders. "The organisation of these games impacts the entire city and its citizens," he said.