Rude awakening

We will have to operate with what we will get for our activities. We will continue pursuing sponsorships from different companies and maintaining those we have in order to survive,” said Botswana Chess Federation president, Motlhokomedi Tlhabano.

According to Botswana Athletics Association president, Botlhale Phaphane, the significant budget cut for sports is oo bad for sports development. “This is going to be a tough year, no one is going to survive even though we are left with nine months of this financial year. This is a hiccup to running games and development of sports but we are going to try and lobby the private sector to come on board. Government should encourage corporate companies to partner with NSAs,” he said. For his part, Botswana Ju do Federation president,

Kingsely Segokotlo said: “It’s indeed true the budget has been cut but decisions have already been taken that those events which are not that important should be shelved.

This is what we expected, considering the effects of the pandemic but as judo we are going to cancel some events because there is nothing we can do. We just need to adjust our budget and prioritize,” he said.