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Uncertainty over karate elections

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Interim leader: Bakwadi and his committee are unopposed PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Uncertainty hangs over the holding of the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) elections.

BOKA is expected to elect a new executive committee during the Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) scheduled for January 21 in Gaborone. Interim president, Mpho Bakwadi enters the race unchallenged and so are the rest of the candidates.

After a tumultuous few years, Bakwadi said people are tired of karate being in the media for the wrong reasons. “It is time to deliver and bring karate back to its glory days.

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