Societies model: Football clubs’ trauma bond :: Mmegi Online

“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

Calls to abandon the society model of running clubs have been increasing in recent years. In fact, a solid plan was mooted nearly 20 years ago in a conference room at Selebi-Phikwe’s Bosele Hotel, hence the name, the Bosele Declaration.

Men and women entrusted with the administration of the game at the time met and came up with a guiding tool, the Bosele Declaration, which was expected to give birth to a life of ‘living happily ever after’ for local clubs.

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