FUB shares emotional 10-year journey

The Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) is this year celebrating 10 years of existence but despite the milestone, the union’s secretary general, Kgosana Masaseng says it has been a rough ride.

Masaseng said when the union was formed, it was at a time when there was a bit of transformation. He revealed that there was too much resistance from the administrators and it ended up brewing a toxic relationship between the union and the football leadership.

“The challenge was also on the part of the players who did not understand why they needed to unionise,” he recalled.

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