1. The Botswana Football Association (“the Association”) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Botswana Football Arbitration Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) which has been created to provide avenue for the resolution of disputes in football in an efficient and effective manner.
2. The Tribunal will deal with all internal disputes within the Association, its members, players, officials and player agents and all decisions taken on the aforesaid, save those that are under the jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Committee or the Ethics Committee.
3. The decisions of the Tribunal are final and binding and appealable only to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
4. At the annual general meeting of the 10th August 2019, the members of the Association approved the procedural rules establishing the Tribunal, which will be posted on the BFA website.
5. The members also approved the following persons to serve on the Tribunal:
5.1. Tshiamo Rantao – Chairperson
5.2. Keneilwe Mere – Vice Chairperson
5.3. Obone Jonas – Member
5.4. Boemo Maboane – Member
5.5. Theresa Hirschfeld – Member
5.6. Arnold Rapula Somolekae – Member
5.7. Naledi Dipholo-Goulden – Member
