Female referee breaks into male dominated sport

Breaking new ground: Okatch
Breaking new ground: Okatch

Men have largely dominated the list of basketball referees, but Dorothy Okatch has disturbed the standing order as Botswana’s first female international referee.

Okatch tells Mmegi Sport her interest in basketball grew when she was a student at Ledumang Senior Secondary School in Gaborone.

“It was in 1999 when we started playing basketball with my friends.  We were just having fun in the court and we did not have a coach,” she says with a smile.  She then wanted to learn more about the game.

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Women unite for progress

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