FIFA Goal III project for F/town
Thursday, June 20, 2013
The FIFA Goal Project is a worldwide development programme to bring parity through the provision of specific needs of national associations in the area of tailor-made development and assistance programmes.FIFA's continuous assistance to associations is however dependent on certain conditions, including prudent management, good governance and commitment to the realisation of set targets. In a nutshell, the projects are aimed at bridging the gap between the Europeans and some underdeveloped teams in Africa, Asia and Latin America through modernising the management and administration of the world's most beautiful game.
With Francistown running short of internationally recognised facilities, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) wishes to take full advantage of the third phase FIFA Goal Project to erect a state of the art sports facility in the country's second city.BFA constructed the Lekidi village with the first phase of the grant. And the recently approved FIFA Goal II Project has been diverted to Gaborone again although it was initially touted for Francistown.
A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...