BNSC powerless as fights escalate

Taking notes: BNSC affiliates during an Annual General Meeting PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Taking notes: BNSC affiliates during an Annual General Meeting PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Passing a motion of no confidence against executive committees within the National Sport Associations (NSA) has become the order of the day in local sport.

Last weekend, the Botswana Netball Association (BONA) president Malebo Raditladi-Nkgakile and three other members, Seipei Gaelisiwe (vice president-project and events), Masego Serumola (sport development officer), and Mokeresete Mokeresete (public relations officer), were deposed.

The Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) affiliates also teamed up to remove their president, Tshepho Bathai and his committee members, who were forced to approach the Lobatse High Court for redress. The matter is still ongoing.

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