Relief for GGC as golf project hits dead end

Gaborone Golf Club
Gaborone Golf Club

Members of the Gaborone Golf Club (GGC) have scored a major victory in their bid to halt the P100 million development of the club. The project, which was expected to commence next year, has been halted.

The landlord, Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) had terminated GGC lease and the club was given up to January to vacate the premises.

But assistant minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC), Kefentse Mzwinila has stepped in and stopped the project, after the intervention of President Ian Khama, who announced last week that the developments were not going ahead.

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