Wildlife foundation, Golf Union sign MOU
Monday, July 18, 2022 | 80 Views |
Wildlife foundation and Botswana Golf Union representatives during the signing of MoU PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The signing took place on Friday morning at the Stanbic Bank Gaborone Golf club. The collaborative efforts come as the BGU plans to take golf to the remote communities and erase the perspective that the golf sport is just only for the elite.
Speaking to Sport Monitor, BGU president, Modiri Phuthego said, “In an effort to make golf more accessible, my organisation saw it fit to extend the sport of golf to communities that have little to no access to the sport." Meanwhile, the director and founder of Okavango Wildlife Human Conflict Foundation, Kenosi Kamina explained that their main interest is to find ways that his organisation could compensate those injured during conflict with wildlife.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...