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Jacob Kelebeng is a Motswana politician who is serving as a member of parliament for Takatokwane constituency. He is a member of Umbrella for Democratic Change Party.
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We are building a Botswana that will be a global hub for sports, culture and the creative industries.
The feedback from today’s discussions will be taken seriously, and we will report back soon.
This is about setting the stage for consistent excellence in sports.
The key priorities include private sector participation and leveraging on digital platforms to enable streaming, e-commerce and mobile distribution of Botswana’s music, film, fashion and visual arts.
We must build an ecosystem where Botswana’s stories are told by Batswana, produced by Batswana, and exported to the world.
We are happy with how the athletes performed at Tokyo. We really believe in them and now we are expecting more from these kids to do well. We are really happy.
From school sport to elite sport, we will need coordination. School sport is on the way, we will have school sport and we will have school development programmes. We will announce these very soon.
We need to engage athletes and national sporting associations on welfare issues and take this matter very seriously.
We have said that high-class facilities are needed.
Our artists should not be limited by geography.
We must take full advantage of digital marketplaces, streaming services, and international festivals.
We have realised that local athletes experience breakdowns after winning and getting money.
On facilities, this new government intends to construct infrastructure that will enable us to compete with other countries.
Artists are businesses. They must be recognised and supported as such.
In the meantime, we will let children play within the prescribed school hours. After the technical teams' review, we are confident of a more competitive programme at the beginning of the first term of 2026.
What I am going to do, very soon, I am going to meet representatives of all sport association. We need to address all welfare issues.
Some derail and use money unwisely.
The study is ongoing, and an Inception report, a Needs Assessment and Solution Options Report were submitted in January 2025 for consideration.
We must never allow such incidents to repeat again as they destabilise. We are hosting the World Relays next year as well as the Grand Prix again. We need to protect our record.
So we have a policy that guides us at what to do when athletes have performed like this on these stages for different sports.
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