Although as of last Thursday, Botswana Football League chief executive, Bennett Mamelodi, indicated that no formal registration or notice had been received from the new club, Black Lions, are pushing ahead with preparations. The team is under Sebata Holdings, which, up until recently, was part of Township Rollers' investment arm. However, there was an acrimonious split, with the company arguing there were certain contractual breaches, which Rollers denied. After Rollers, South Africa-based Sebata Holdings is keen to continue with football investment in Botswana after reaching an agreement to buy out VTM's Premiership status.
Sebata Holdings media liaison, Nqobile Ndlovu, told SportMonitor that they are in the process of concluding the necessary process to be able to compete in the league next season. The BFL has already released the draft fixtures for the 2025/2026 season, which kicks off next month. "Black Lions is a club that is currently finalizing registration with the league. The aim is to participate in the next season," he said. "We are registering a new club because we had some challenges with regards to the model and how we wanted to run the previous club. The aim with this one and the reason for going this route is that we will have full control to make proper and full executive decisions that we believe will be in the best interests of the club," Ndlovu added.
