This archive report was first published on 22 July 2019.
On July 22, 2019, Fifa announced a lifetime ban for the former general secretary of the Botswana Football Association, Mooketsi Kgotlele, for taking bribes in relation to match fixing.
According to Fifa, judges from its independent ethics body found Kgotlele guilty of accepting bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches.
The allegations against Kgotlele stem from an extensive investigation into various attempts to manipulate international matches for betting purposes by Wilson Raj Perumal, a known match-fixer.
Perumal was arrested and jailed in Finland in 2011 for fixing top-tier football games there. He later collaborated with match fixing investigators.
As a result of the ban, Kgotlele was also fined Sh5.2 million (45,000 euros).
