Zakhem, Letshwiti fall-out rumbles on

Letshwiti PICS: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Letshwiti PICS: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Gaborone United director, Nicholas Zakhem has become the new thorn in the Botswana Football Association’s (BFA) flesh. Zakhem shocked the local football fraternity with stinging criticism of his former ally Maclean Letshwiti, marking a spectacular fall-out.

He is seemingly the driver in a possible coup aimed at removing BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti.

As the big fall-out continues, both parties appear prepared for a bare-knuckled fight, with no immediate talk of smoking the peace pipe. But Zakhem said he was not out to push for a motion of no confidence against his (former) friend. “I am not into such (passing a motion of no confidence). It is up to the delegates to decide what they wish to do. I have laid for them a solid foundation, now it is their role to play. All I want to see is football progressing both at BFL level and grassroots,” he said.

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