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Kelebeng ‘presses’ karate leadership

Kelebeng PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE.
Kelebeng PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE.

Students from the Botswana Kofukan and Botswana Shito-Ryu Shukokai Union (BSSU) styles have been given the greenlight to take part in the upcoming national team selections.

This comes after Minister of Sport and Arts, Jacob Kelebeng, brokered a solution for Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) leadership to allow the learners from the two styles to compete for slots. The decision was made following a meeting on Tuesday featuring the minister, BOKA board, Kofukan, and BSSU. Kofukan and BSSU were amongst the federations that were expelled from BOKA, and their students were not allowed to participate in national team events following a standoff against the board.

The officials from the two federations will also be permitted to be part of the selections.

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