Excelling BAA to get CEO

The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng said plans to appoint a CEO at the athletics body are at an advanced stage.  “We are in discussion with the BAA to hire a CEO.

The BAA president (Moses Bantsi) has given us the job description and an appointment would be made soon,” he said.  The BNSC will feel renewed pressure to revise its coded empowerment plan, which determines the share of the government grant to national codes. This comes after athletics proved for the umpteenth time that it can deliver on the biggest stage with Isaac Makwala breaking a continental record. Reikeletseng said they are code affiliates.  “It’s a tier system with the (sporting) code on tier one being football, which is played nationally and requires more resources. You will find boxing, volleyball and athletics in tier two because of their performance. Other disciplines like chess have obviously moved up the tier due to their (good) performance,” he said.