Dark horse threat in badminton elections

Decision time: Badminton goes to the polls this weekend
PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Decision time: Badminton goes to the polls this weekend PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

It appears to be calm before the weekend's Botswana Badminton Association (BBA) general assembly. However, reports reaching Mmegi Sport are that a dark horse is emerging behind the curtains and seeks to cause an upset.

The BBA will tomorrow go to the polls to elect a new executive committee (exco) to lead the sport for the next four years. As things stand, the current committee members will retain their positions without any fuss. Just less than 24 hours before the sport decides, affiliates have not submitted their preferred candidates, as the deadline was Wednesday evening. “We have long sent out the nominations correspondence to the clubs and even up to now we are yet to receive any nominations short-listed as candidates for this elective AGM (Annual General Meeting).

We have been making follow-ups because we are to close nominations today, so at the moment I do not have information to that effect. (However) there is a provision that we nominate from the floor and a secret ballot be used or through the showing of hands. In an event where there are no nominations, the general assembly has the mandate to decide,” BBA’s secretary-general, Thuso Mudongo said on Wednesday. Despite the lack of movement, Mmegi Sport is aware that a lobby team that is made up of former national team players is readying former vice president-administration Moses Macheke for the presidency. The team is said to have a strong backing of former national team players and coaches and will use a provision from the association’s constitution that allows the general assembly to elect a new committee from the floor.

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