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Babitseng, Zakhem call for ceasefire

New dawn: Babitseng and Zakhem have called for reconciliation PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
New dawn: Babitseng and Zakhem have called for reconciliation PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

After years of hostilities which has left a fractured football family, the new Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Tariq Babitseng, wants to let bygones be bygones.

Making his inaugural speech at the Botswana Football League general assembly on Wednesday, Babitseng said he had been bitterly persecuted by the previous regime, but it would be counterproductive for him to seek revenge.

In the build-up to the BFA elections, Babitseng was twice elbowed out of the race and had the BFA Election Appeals Committee to thank for overturning the initial decision.

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