Construction of Goal II project gets underway

The job has been awarded to TAMLAC, the construction company that worked on FIFA Goal I project of building the Botswana Football Association (BFA) technical centre and administration offices. FIFA has availed $400,000 to co-fund the first project on a 50-50 basis with the Botswana government. In the second project, FIFA will give another $400,000 to construct a double storey hostel of 16 rooms with the government contributing nothing. There will also be a kiosk for selling BFA merchandise.

BFA president, David Fani said that given the first project was completed at the end of 2003, they took long to apply for Goal II funding. "I can assure all that there will be no such delay in applying for Goal III project funding which BFA will be eligible to apply for as soon as the hostel project is complete," he said. The Goal II project should be completed by February 2010.