Mmegi Online

Sunny days ahead for sport

Rakgare addressing National Sport Associations PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
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.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up