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Botswana's BFA struggles to fund the national football team's coach, seeking alternatives after government denies financial support.
Botswana's aspirations to elevate its national football team, the Zebras, have hit a snag amid financial constraints.
Kitso Kemoeng, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, has expressed that the Botswana Football Association (BFA) failed to present a strong enough case for the government to finance the salary of the new head coach, Didier Gomes Da Rosa.
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In a candid exchange with Bopa, Kemoeng confirmed that while the BFA had reached out via the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC) for funding, the ministry's stance was clear.
"We stated our case to BNSC that we do not have money," Kemoeng remarked as per Daily News.
"If the BFA thinks they have a compelling case, we believe they will continue to present it."
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The ministry's process involves assessing the compelling factors presented and making recommendations to the Cabinet. However, in this instance, Kemoeng disclosed that no such recommendation had been made.
This revelation follows BFA president MacLean Letshwiti's announcement to the press that the government had turned down the association's request to cover the national team coach's salary.
"BFA will have to scrape around to find the money, and ultimately make the nation happy. So I need all the support to assist me to raise the money," he appealed.
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Letshwiti also pointed out the disparity in football success on the continent, noting that the most successful nations, such as Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt, benefit significantly from their governments' support in terms of infrastructure and funding.
He argued that such support is a determinant of a national team's success and called for a cessation of the narrative that the BFA is failing.
"It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to notice that, so you people should stop saying BFA is failing. The BFA is not failing, but it doesn’t have the capacity and no football federation in the world has the capacity to fund the national team," he explained.
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