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BFA overstepped mandate- Sebego

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Talking football: Tebogo Sebego addresses the meeting PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

PALAPYE: Interim Botswana Football League chairperson, Tebogo Sebego says the Botswana Football Association (BFA) over stepped its mandate by interfering in the league body's affairs.

Speaking at the opening of the BFL shareholders' meeting in Palapye on Saturday, Sebego said while the BFA was right in trying to appreciate their situation, there was no need for the mother body's further intervention, which included suspending the league structure.

Last week, the BFA at its Emergency Committee meeting on Wednesday, indicated it was suspending the BFL due to an ongoing leadership crisis. Two camps, one led by Sebego and the other by Nicholas Zakhem, claim leadership of the BFL.

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