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Sunny days ahead for sport

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Rakgare addressing National Sport Associations PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

After a challenging dry spell marked by a diminished annual subvention, prospects are poised to improve for National Sport Associations (NSA) in the upcoming 2024-2025 financial year.

Starting this fiscal year, the grant from the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) witnessed a reduction of approximately P30 million.

In a recent discourse with NSAs, the Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture (MYSC), Tumiso Rakgare, disclosed that government has purposefully resolved to augment funding for sport and the creative arts in the forthcoming financial year.

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Sunny days ahead for sport

After a challenging dry spell marked by a diminished annual subvention, prospects are poised to improve for National Sport Associations (NSA) in the upcoming 2024-2025 financial year.