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Troubled times for pro-boxing

Under-fire: Binda PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Under-fire: Binda PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Professional Boxing Association of Botswana (PBAB) faces trying times with mounting pressure on its president, Seroba Binda, to resign.

According to information reaching this publication, affiliates have written a letter to the executive committee, dated January 3, calling for a special general meeting and the dissolution of the executive committee due to a lack of quorum following the resignation of other members.

This is not the first time Binda has faced opposition, surviving a motion of no confidence during an Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November. Responding to the call for a meeting, Binda explained the challenges in convening a Special General Meeting. “Note that upon receiving the letter, secretary-general, Kabelo Gadise, tried to convene a meeting of the executive committee to no avail since members failed to form a quorum.

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