Confusion on Dube's BOKA Candidacy

Keorapetse Dube.Isaah Ramontshonyana and Tumisang Sehularo
Keorapetse Dube.Isaah Ramontshonyana and Tumisang Sehularo

Karate do Botswana chief instructor, Keorapetse Dube and the current Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Tshepho Bathai have been drawn into different views as elections gain momentum.

The deadline for the submission of names for candidates was last week, Thursday. Dube told Sport Monitor that his style has submitted his name to contest as president against Bathai and Mpho Bakwadi, but now, the office claims that they have not received his submission.

“If Bathai claims that they have not seen my submission, it means he is scared of competition,” he said. For his part, Bathai said after the deadline, there were two names for the position of president, being himself and Bakwadi.

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