BNOC is broke - Tshenyego

The Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28 to August 8. Speaking during a media briefing this week, BNOC president, Botsang Tshenyego said preparations were slower than expected. “Preparations are ongoing not as good as we thought basically due to lack of funding. The preparations rely on government funding and that funding has not come through up until now.

Obviously, we know that government is under a lot of constraints ever since the outbreak of COVID-19. We are optimistic that in the next few weeks we should be able to tell you something about the budget,” he said. Tshenyego said lost time means the loss of momentum of the games and the value the days could have created in terms of readiness. He said they believe the funding would come soon, and in the meantime, National Sport Associations (NSA) are carrying out preparations through their own budgets. Tshenyego said at the moment, they have assisted a weightlifter, Kgotla Kgaswane who has already qualified for the Commonwealth Games and they also assisting table tennis to qualify.