Rider, ross branch wants Botswana citizenship

Monday, July 11, 2011

Three-time All African motor-cross champion, Ross Branch is eager to obtain Botswana citizenship ahead of the prestigious Africa Motor-cross Union Championship in Kenya later in the year.

Branch, who has lived in Botswana for 25 years, wants to compete at the inter-continental race as a true Motswana and is in the process of assuming local citizenship.

Although he has a South African passport, Branch is always referred to as a Motswana whenever he participates in international races.

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