Sekgororoane, the latest victim of a poisoned chalice :: Mmegi Online

In late August, Billy Sekgororoane strode through the corridors of Lekidi Centre with each step ushering him closer to the league secretariat’s most powerful office. But hardly four months later, he has become the latest victim of a poisoned chalice that consumes incumbents with relentless internal conflict, governance crises, and unending stakeholder disputes, writes MQONDISI DUBE

In Botswana’s football landscape, the role of Botswana Football League (BFL) CEO was once seen as a prestigious leadership position, an opportunity to shape the future of the country’s most popular sport. Yet in recent years, what should be a platform for strategic vision has instead become a poisoned chalice.

This perception has only hardened with the brief and controversial tenure of Billy Sekgororoane, the latest CEO to find himself engulfed in controversy and calls for removal barely months into his appointment. But his struggles echo those of his predecessors, a pattern that suggests deeper systemic weaknesses within the BFL’s structure and culture.

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