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Dec 16, 2022

Botswana Football Association (BFA) president Maclean Letshwiti visited the Jwaneng mine General Manager Koolatotse Koolatotse. The president was accompanied by vice president 1 Mr. Masego Ntshingane and the BFA CEO Mr Mfolo Mfolo whereas the General Manager was accompanied by his fellow colleagues the assistant general Manager Mr Goitseone Gadifele, the corporate affairs manager Ms Charity Thipe amongst others.

The main objective of his visit was to acknowledge and appreciate the GM for their tremendous support to the BFA Technical Department. Jwaneng mine has offered to help in the running of the on-going ‘CAF A’ licence course and others by providing their facilities such as accommodation, grounds for the practical sessions of the course and provision of meals to participants and course administrators.

When sharing light moments together, the BFA president presented gifts to the GM and expressed his gratitude to him for their immense support.

‘’𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑸𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝑨𝑭 𝑴𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑨𝑭, 𝒎𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝑭𝑨 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.’’ 𝑯𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅.

In his response, Mr Koolatotse also expressed his gratitude and assured the president that they were still going to support football as the most loved sport in Botswana. He further explained that what the president will be doing will make his job easier. The GM also showered the president and his delegation with gifts to further strengthen the business relationship between the two parties.

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BOTSWANA U-20 WOMEN EXIT WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS WITH PRIDE AFTER HOME VICTORY

The Botswana U-20 Women’s National Team bowed out of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers 2026 on a positive note after securing a 1–0 victory over Cameroon U-20 Women’s National Team this past weekend, despite a 5–1 aggregate defeat.

Having suffered a heavy 5–0 loss in the first leg played on 7 February 2026 at Olembe Stadium in Cameroon, the Young Mares showed resilience and determination in the return leg at Obed Itani Chilume Stadium.

Forward Mbapeua Hangara scored the decisive goal in the second half, giving Botswana a deserved win in front of their home supporters and demonstrating the team’s fighting spirit until the final whistle.

Head coach Tapaphiwa Tracey Gaebolae expressed pride in her players performance and attitude, emphasizing the positive response after the first-leg setback.

“We are very proud of the girls. Even though we didn’t get the result we wanted in Cameroon, we came here with a positive mindset. The message to the team was that we needed to score more goals, stay organized, and believe in ourselves and I think the players responded very well.” Coach Gaebolae alluded at the post match Technical press conference.

Despite exiting the competition, the Young Mares leave the qualifiers with valuable international experience and renewed confidence, highlighting the growth and potential of women’s football in Botswana.