Positive Choices Cup set in motion

Kago Mosinyi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Kago Mosinyi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

As way to fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and promote health awareness, a women's football tournament was launched in Gaborone on Friday.

The National AIDS and Health Promotion Agency (NAHPA) and local non-profit organisation, BONA Naledi joined hands to launch the Positive Choices GACFA Cup 2023, which is for 16 teams in the Gaborone region. This tournament will be played throughout October since its breast cancer month and it will help spread cancer awareness.

The tournament will be played over three rounds where Division Two teams will be in action in the first round. The winners from the first round will face the second half of Division One teams and in the third round, teams from the top half of Division One will join the action. The top four teams will then proceed to the semi-finals.

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