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BFA committee concludes leaked audio investigations

Lekedi centre PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Lekedi centre PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has received a report from a committee which was tasked with investigating a leaked audio suggesting possibilities of match-fixing in the local game. The unnamed three-member team handed over the report to the BFA this week and the association has indicated it will study the document before taking action.

According to a press statement released this evening, the BFA said it commissioned a committee to among others, ‘investigate the nature of the audio clip being a recorded conversation between BFA’s general manager Mr Monnakgotla Mojaki and Mr Joshua Bondo. Whether there was an attempt to bribe or influence a match official or to match fix.”

The press statement further states that the committee was to also investigate whether there are grounds to conclude that Mojaki , who was slapped with a suspension following the leaked audio, has breached his condition of service and to “advise whether Mr Mojaki’s conduct constitutes misconduct and if so, whether he should be referred to a disciplinary enquiry.”

Editor's Comment
Who watches the watchdog?

For a fact, in a democratic society such as Botswana, the media plays a crucial role of being watchdog, holding the powerful to account and exposing all possible wrongdoing for the benefit of the public.There has been a nagging question about who watches the watchdog after all? Perhaps, the investigations into alleged wrongful acts implicating those supposed to be playing the watchdog role will shed more light into what has happened such that the...

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