Women's teams in battle for diamond throne
Friday, July 07, 2023 | 60 Views |
Defending champions: Double Action are favourites to retain their crown team PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
It is a long journey that started last year and reached almost every corner of the country. The run to the finale had a record-breaking 137 teams participating in 11 of the 17 regional leagues across the country.
It is now down to four teams as the throne for the women's football champions is just 180 minutes of regulation within reach. The winner of the finale will books a place in the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA qualifiers scheduled for later this year. There is also an extra incentive with a P250,000 winners’ prize from the sponsors and diamond traders, DTC Botswana.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...