Babitseng calls for football reset
Friday, August 07, 2026 | 80 Views |
Babitseng speaking at the BFA Pitso.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Babitseng was speaking at the inaugural Football Pitso held yesterday in Gaborone under the theme 'Shaping the Future of Botswana Football Together – One Game. One Vision. One Future'. The gathering was meant to seek ideas to move football beyond personalities and politics by bringing together the entire football fraternity to determine the sport's future.
"This is not about the president of the Botswana Football Association, it is not about the National Executive Committee, it is not about one league, one club, one region or one group of people. Today is about Botswana football," Babitseng said. He said the association had deliberately brought together clubs, regional football associations, women's football representatives, technical experts and administrators because lasting progress could only be achieved through collective responsibility.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...