1.
20th
February
2014
Local
Organising
Committee
2nd
Africa
Youth
Games,
Botswana
Dear
Sirs
Re:
Mr
Bickie
Mbenge
–
2nd
Africa
Youth
Games,
Botswana
We
hereby
confirm
that
Mr
Bickie
Mbenge
has
been
associated
with
Cosafa
since
2010
and
we
have
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
him
during
the
2010
and
2011
editions
of
the
Cosafa
U20
Youth
Championships,
both
of
which
were
hosted
by
Botswana.
During
said
events,
Mr
Mbenge
headed
up
the
Security
Committee
of
the
Local
Organising
Committee
and
as
such
was
responsible
for
the
following:
-­‐ Developing
&
implementing
the
Security
Plan
for
the
Tournament;
-­‐ Carrying
out
the
risk
assessment
at
the
Players’
Village,
Match
Venues
and
Training
sites
used
during
the
Tournament;
-­‐ Investigating
any
and
all
incidents
during
the
tournament
and
reporting
on
such
incidents
to
the
LOC
and
to
Cosafa
Both
Tournaments
went
very
well
and
the
Cosafa
Organising
Committee
was
more
than
satisfied
with
Mr
Mbenge’s
handling
of
the
Security
aspects.
In
2012,
Cosafa
organised
an
Integrity
in
Sport
Workshop
in
Johannesburg
together
with
Interpol
and
FIFA
the
aim
of
which
was
to
sensitise
members
of
the
Football
Fraternity
as
well
as
Law
Enforcement
and
Government
on
the
threats
which
match-­‐fixing
and
illegal
betting
is
posing
to
Football
in
particular,
and
to
sport
in
general.
Mr
Mbenge
was
one
of
the
representatives
from
Botswana,
who
attended
this
Workshop
by
virtue
of
his
involvement
with
Football
in
Botswana
from
a
Security
perspective.
In
closing,
Cosafa
would
have
no
hesitation
in
once
again
working
with
Mr
Mbenge
and
can
highly
recommend
his
serves
to
the
LOC
of
the
2nd
Africa
Youth
Games,
Botswana.
Yours
sincerely
SUE
DESTOMBES
Chief
Operations
Officer