In their meeting of the 6th February 2020, the Botswana National Sport Commission Board elected Mrs Tebogo LebotseSebego as the Vice Chairperson.
Mrs LebotseSebego started playing Netball in 1984 at Primary School and played her days at the University and beyond. She retired from being a player in 2003 and moved to sport administration. As a netball athlete, she captained both the Under 21 and Senior Netball Teams.
She became the President of the Botswana Netball Association (BONA) in 2007, a position she held until 2017. It was during her presidency that Botswana hosted the Netball World Youth Cup 2017 (NWYC2017). The first International Netball Federation World Cup in Africa.
As the BONA President, Mrs LebotseSebego was awarded the Chairman’s award in 2010 at the BNSC Sports Awards. She further won the Administrator of the Year award in 2013.
In 2010, she was elected the President of Africa Netball, the supreme body of Netball in Africa, and held this position until October 2019. Over and above being the President of Africa Netball, she was elected to represent Africa in the Board of the International Netball Federation (INF), the world supreme body of Netball from 2010 to 2019.
In 2017, she initiated the Basadi Bomme Trust that advocates for and solicits resources for various women sport. In 2019, Basadi Bomme led a crowd funding initiative to give Cheledo David an opportunity for trial at professional netball in Australia.
Please join us in congratulating Mrs Tebogo LebotseSebego on her appointment.