Letshwiti throws stones from a glass house

Friday, December 01, 2017

Making a statement: Letshwiti (second left) talks about lack of football progress in Francistown PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti is not a happy man. He argues, for the past 51 years, successive leaderships have failed football. But as he goes about the task of ‘stitching together’ the scattered football pieces, Letshwiti must avoid throwing stones from what is effectively a glass house, argues MQONDISI DUBE

Maclean Letshwiti comes across as an abrasive leader who does not mince his words. He is a straight talker, who in the process, has irked some.

Since assuming office, he has unflinchingly paraded himself as ‘Mr Fix-It’. He rode on a campaign to fix the ‘leaks’ at the Botswana Football Association (BFA) as he edged out former president, Tebogo Sebego in 2016.

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