Societies model: Football clubs’ trauma bond

“The way football is run in Botswana, it’s like in the 18th century, today we are in the 21st century” – these are the words of former Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Maclean Letshwiti, when he called for accelerated transition to a professional set-up. Despite a 2008 blueprint, the Bosele Declaration, the local game is still suffering from a marriage of inconvenience that is firmly embedded in a model long overtaken by time, writes MQONDISI DUBE

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