The general feeling amongst the affiliates is that the model, called the Botswana National Sport Associations Resource Allocation Scheme (BONSARS), should be scrapped, according to Botswana Softball Association president, Tirelo Mukokomani, who attended the meeting. The funding model allocates resources based on performance, governance, and strategic importance, with tier one being the highest and tier four the lowest. Mukokomani revealed a concern was raised during a ‘Meet and Greet’ session with Sikwane this week. Speaking to MmegiSport, Mukokomani noted the tier system is not functional. He said the system was used in other African countries but have since been abandoned as it was not serving its purpose.
“The system ignores a lot of fundamentals of our sport. Simple general things like, where do you get 10 Fencing clubs when the equipment is expensive? We must deal with basic issues,” he said. Mukokomani said bureaucracy is also not helping. A BNSC correspondence dated February 6, reminds affiliates of their obligation to comply fully with the requirements governing registration, governance, administration and operations as prescribed in their constitutions and the BNSC Act and BNSC policies. “To this end, we are issuing this circular and guidance paper to outline the key compliance requirements that must be adhered to by NSAs to maintain good standing with the BNSC. All NSAs are hereby directed to regularise their compliance to the BNSC not later than February 27,” the letter reads and further states that non-compliance would lead to deregistration. “The CEO started work in January, and in the last few weeks, there were back-and-forth correspondences between us and BNSC. Federations were requested to comply with a number of issues; we felt that the requirements were misplaced at this point.
