BNSC urged to act on hooliganism
Kabelo Boranabi | Friday September 9, 2016 14:29
“We need to ensure that we respect property around these places. It is time to act against hooligans. We have replaced the seats that were missing in the other stands, and we need to ensure that we save money in the future by acting against hooliganism,” he said.
The Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Thapelo Olopeng shared the same remarks as Molefhi and said there is need to come up with solutions to stop hooliganism.
“There is a challenge of vandalism, so it is important for us to come up with a way of monitoring supporters of different teams and codes to make sure that they do not demolish these facilities.
The problem has been chairs (being damaged), so it is important that we find a way to deal with this,” Olopeng said.
In an effort to curb recurring incidents of hooliganism, BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng said the commission came up with a strategy that has failed due to glitches that marred the local football fraternity in recent times.
“The minister of sport has suggested that we work on a policy where the teams are responsible for managing the stadium in their area.
The unfortunate thing is that we are still trying to get our teams to get organised. The biggest challenge is getting our football teams organised. The situation we have is that football (administration) is also not helping the situation,” he said.
The Molepolole Sports Complex has had most incidents of hooliganism in recent times. In January, the beMOBILE Premiership match between Township Rollers and BR Highlanders ended in ugly scenes while in February missiles rained as Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Gaborone United supporters clashed at the East Stand commonly known as Panda, resulting in one fan sustaining head injuries.