Kazungula, Tonota hearing today
Thursday, June 06, 2013
This follows alleged incidents of violence during a Debswana First Division North League encounter at Kazungula Grounds in Kasane.Acting Chobe Regional Football Association chairperson Dintle Basinyi, who was the match commissioner on the day in question, has compiled a report detailing what transpired on the fateful day. He then forwarded the report to the First Division North League committee where the two clubs are affiliated.
The report was also copied to the country's football mother body, Botswana Football Association (BFA). Allegations are that both sides were involved in committing acts of violence. It is said a Tonota FC player, Tshireletso Salefoma, tore the referee's T-shirt while hurling insults at the whistleblower after being red carded. Further allegations are that one Tonota official chased after a first assistant referee in protest and threatening to beat him with a water bottle filled with ice in it.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...