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BFL secures P25m but...

All systems go: The BFL leadership briefing the media yesterday PIC: BFA
All systems go: The BFL leadership briefing the media yesterday PIC: BFA

When the clock strikes 4pm tomorrow, the first whistle will blow to signal the start of the 2022-2023 Botswana Premier League season.

The league was forced into a lengthy delay mainly due to failure to secure sponsors.

Yesterday, the Botswana Football League (BFL) announced a P25 million broadcast sponsorship deal with the national broadcaster, the Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS).

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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