Setlhoko: This course was an eye-opener for me

These positive words were delivered with a smile by Tsholofelo Setlhoko, and they captured just one of many heart-warming moments that the Manager for Women’s Football at the BFA experienced at the fourth WFLP

Tsholofelo Setlhoko is one of FIFA's Women in Football Leadership Programme (https://apo-opa.info/3opdvOy) participants. She has been Manager for Women’s Football in Botswana since 2019. "I love football and I love what I am doing." "After the course, we set up a WhatsApp Group and called ourselves the Thunder Sisters. We…

Patrice Motsepe elected CAF President as Africa united behind common objective

It is a position fully endorsed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino

The task of projecting African football onto the global stage has begun following the election of Patrice Motsepe as CAF President by acclamation during the 43rd CAF Congress, which has taken place in Rabat, Morocco. Mr Motsepe will not only lead a revised African confederation, but an organisation that will…

Adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee sanctions Mr Mooketsi Kgotlele

The formal ethics proceedings against Mr Kgotlele were initiated on 6 September 2018

The adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Mooketsi Kgotlele, former General Secretary of the Botswana Football Association (BFA), guilty of having accepted bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The formal ethics proceedings against Mr Kgotlele were…

FIFA awards 2017-2018 media rights for sub-Saharan Africa

Following an open tender process for 42 territories* in sub-Saharan Africa, FIFA has granted media rights to five major broadcasting entities in the region. The tender was launched on 21 October 2016 and included the media rights to all 2017-2018 FIFA events**, including the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018…