GRAND PRIX MATTERS

Dube has on several occassions accused the commission of conniving to take his event and give it to a foreign entity while Serufho has maintained that Dube messed up his own event by failing to comply with the stringent requirements set out by the World Athletics Association for a gold status event.

Dube has been instructed by the World Athletics representative to relinquish his rights to host the event and allow BNSC and Robert Wagner, his former employee, to host it.

This athletics event is one of the two World Athletics continental tours gold track and field competitions in Africa and also the only one in Southern Africa with gold status.

According to the court papers filed on Monday, Golden Door Agency, Dube’s company, wants Botswana Athletics Association, BNSC, Wrag Group, World Athletics, Serufho, Moses Bantsi and Wagner to show cause why the event should not be halted.

Dube is also seeking an order barring Wagner from participating in preparations for the event or benefiting financially from it. This is said to prevent potential misuse of Dube’s proprietary rights and to protect the integrity of the event.

“We seek an order prohibiting World Athletics from deriving any financial benefit from the sale of broadcasting rights for the event. This is to ensure that the benefits of the event are not unjustly appropriated by parties who do not hold the rightful claim to them. To ensure fairness and prevention of potential conflict of interest, Serufho and Bantsi should be barred from participating in the preparations of the event in their capacities as employees of their entities,” read the court papers.

When reached for comment, the BNSC CEO, Serufho, said he had not been served with court papers. He is currently out of the country.