Post-Rio tour costs P300,000, little for athletes

Team Botswana's tour has cost P300,000 PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Team Botswana's tour has cost P300,000 PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) will spend P300,000 on post Rio Olympics tours to ‘celebrate’ the achievement of the team while it is unclear what the athletes will receive.

BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said they had left a budget for the post Olympic Games tours, and they would spend P300,000.

He said if the team had won medals, the budget would have been bigger, but they have to keep it at P300,000 after tours were limited to Gaborone, Francistown as well as some villages along the A1 highway.

Editor's Comment
Closure as pain lingers

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...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up