The Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) says it will no longer compromise on compliance requirements for sport federations to be under its umbrella.
All sport bodies intending to be NSC affiliates must comply with the Sports Act prerequisite by 14 March.
This directive was issued during the recent Federations’ Presidents and Secretary Generals Workshop held in Windhoek.
In an interview with Desert FM this week, NSC chief administration Freddy Mwiya said: “Come 1 April, only those federations in compliance and which operate according to the law of the country will become members of the sport fraternity of our country.
“We are going to be very strict and we really want to see things going forward. The registration window is from 27 January to renew licences before the end of the financial year.
“One of the workshop’s resolutions is the crafted template known as ‘compliance template’ so that the federations can see where they stand when it comes to the categorisation of sport codes.
“We do not want to lose our members, but instead capacitate and help them become better. So, make sure you comply before the due date.”
Furthermore, Mwiya said the workshop also dealt with the terms of office-bearers on the boards and executive organs of the sport codes.
The NSC has discovered that some officials want to stay in power for an unreasonable number of years, he said.
“Some people are insolvent and also want to remain in the federations, whereas some are members of political parties leadership and want to remain in the federations where the Sports Act does not give them the mandate,” Mwiya said.
“One needs to be a citizen to serve on the boards and executive structures. We also educated them about foreign nationals who must only serve in management and not on the executive organs.”
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