Chess Gets New Leadership

The first ever virtual elections had three candidates who were all powerful in their own right. Segaise won against the former BCF public relations officer, Kutlwano Tatolo and Mabedi Mbo. Segaise told Sport Monitor after his victory that he worked hard together with his team to achieve the feat. The majority of the members of the executive committee belonged to Segaise's camp while Dr Moses Khutsafalo (vice president-technical) and Michael Mbaiwa (development director) were from a different camp.

The public relations officer, Dave Motshabi was an independent candidate. “We are obviously very happy that the sweat of our brows has resulted in victory. The chess community has spoken and as their servants we have to carry their mandate forward. The work before us will be a very daunting one. We do not have much time to celebrate our victory and we must definitely hit the ground running,” Segaise said.