BFL defends clubs' grant deduction

Friday, November 07, 2025 | 20 Views |

Grant deduction: BFL temporarily deducted P30,000 from each Premiership club. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Botswana Football League (BFL) has defended a decision to deduct a certain percentage of the club's grants to fund operations at the secretariat.

On September 25, BFL chairperson, Sipho Showa, wrote to the 16 clubs' shareholders, indicating that a decision had been taken to deduct P30,000 from P200,000 due to each side.

The move was necessitated by the financial situation at the BFL, and the amount deducted went towards running the league office.

Already have an active account? Log in here.

Or Sign up and get unlimited access to premium articles.

Football

Fiscal stress forces FMD ‘crowdfunding’

Mbongeni Mguni,Innocent Selatlhwa | 2d ago

Police crack Zone 11 crossborder stocktheft syndicate

Innocent Selatlhwa | 2d ago

BPF factions seek common ground

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 2d ago

Palapye council leadership battle deepens

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 2d ago

AP launches drive to boost visibility

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 2d ago

Gov’t to unveil long-overdue digital labour market platform

Pini Bothoko | 2d ago

Pilane seeks State protection

Mpho Mokwape | 2d ago

Ntlhaile launches BNF revival drive

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 2d ago

Govt must crack whip on Cross border crime

“Betrayal hurts, but knowingwho was betraying hurts even more.”- Garima SoniWhat the men of Ditlharapa, Molete and neighbouring villages uncovered is a cross-border enterprise. The modus operandi, as the suspect himself reportedly confessed, is industrial: groups operating in multiple villages, fences cut with impunity, stolen goats walked into South Africa, warehoused at Makhubung, then sold in batches of 200 to a commercial farmer in...

Mmegi Editor | 05 June 2026

About us

Mmegi is the leading independent source of breaking news, latest news, current
affairs, Politics, Business, Sport, debates, analysis, and entertainment news in Botswana.

BFL defends clubs' grant deduction

The Botswana Football League (BFL) has defended a decision to deduct a certain percentage of the club's grants to fund operations at the secretariat.

Explore

More

Fiscal stress forces FMD ‘crowdfunding’

Police crack Zone 11 crossborder stocktheft syndicate

BPF factions seek common ground

Palapye council leadership battle deepens

AP launches drive to boost visibility

Gov’t to unveil long-overdue digital labour market platform

Pilane seeks State protection

Ntlhaile launches BNF revival drive

Govt must crack whip on Cross border crime