Masaseng assumed the new position of the continental body last week during the FIFpro Africa congress held in South Africa. The position is newly created to try and manage the transition at FIFPRO Africa. “It (the appointment) has brought about mixed reactions. I have had a lot of messages of support from fellow Batswana and some within the FIFPRO family that I have been lucky to work with for the past 11 years.
This is a new position, which was created to seamlessly manage the transition beyond 2025. When Division Africa was created in 2007, the current secretary-general, Stephane Burchkalter was appointed to help introduce unions in Africa,” Masaseng told Mmegi Sport yesterday. He said progress made by FIFPRO Africa in the last 11 years and the need for stabilising the growth was an important basis for preparing the future and this is what informed the succession plan. He explained that in order to realise this process, the FIFpro Africa board initiated the transition process that would see the nomination of a deputy secretary this year who would then act in support of the secretary-general for the 2021 to 2023 period. In the two years, Masaseng will be learning and growing into the new function after which he will then assume the role of the new secretary-general. “Some of the main functions of my role are to ensure that there is a follow-up of the policy orientations before the annual congresses, increased supervision of the budgets allocated to the Division. It is also to check if the division's development programmes guarantee the transparency and good governance desired by all members,” he said.
