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Motion of no confidence looms as BAA meets

Head to head: BAA will hold a potentially explosive meeting on Saturday FILE PIC
Head to head: BAA will hold a potentially explosive meeting on Saturday FILE PIC

The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) will hold a no-holds barred Special General Meeting (SGM) in Gaborone tomorrow with a motion of no confidence on the cards.

The meeting comes at a time when there has been a change of guard in the BAA board, after president Moses Bantsi was appointed World Relays' CEO. During the meeting, Oabona Theetso will be in the firing line as the acting president. He said they are ready for the SGM.

The SGM is a follow-up to a General Assembly that was adjourned in May.

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