{"id":38071,"date":"2023-11-08T19:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=38071"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:19:08","slug":"new-zebras-coach-pay-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/new-zebras-coach-pay-dilemma","title":{"rendered":"New Zebras coach pay dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Kitso Kemoeng has said Botswana Football Association (BFA) did not submit a compelling case for the government to pay the salary of the newly-appointed Zebras head coach, Didier Gomes Da Rosa.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <b>BOPA<\/b>, Kemoeng confirmed that BFA had made a request through Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stated our case to BNSC that we do not have money,\u201d Kemoeng said. \u201cIf the BFA thinks they have a compelling case, we believe they will continue to present it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemoeng said where there are compelling circumstances, the ministry considers the factors presented, and make a recommendation to Cabinet. He disclosed that in the present matter, no such recommendation had been made.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after BFA president, MacLean Letshwiti told journalists in a recent press conference that the association had not been successful in its request that government pays the national team coach.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was not in football to fail, and therefore BFA would find ways to foot the coach\u2019s salary as this was a national project.<\/p>\n<p>Letshwiti said the association\u2019s glory rested on the success of the national team, and if the team does not succeed, then one would not have not completed their task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBFA 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the most successful football countries in Africa were from the North, such as Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt because their governments provide the necessary infrastructure and funding for the national teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take a rocket scientist to notice that, so you people should stop saying BFA is failing. The BFA is not failing, but it doesn\u2019t have the capacity and no football federation in the world has the capacity to fund the national team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the Zebras were the Botswana national team, and not BFA national team, and as such, when it is playing, it is actually the nation that plays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team belongs to the president of the country,\u201d Letshwiti said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Kitso Kemoeng has said Botswana Football Association (BFA) did not submit a compelling case for the government to pay the salary of the newly-appointed Zebras head coach, Didier Gomes Da Rosa. 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