BY SABELO GWEBU
LOBAMBA – Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini will officially open the new Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (EOCGA) head offices at OlympAfrica Centre in Lobamba on Saturday.
The state-of-the-art offices cost EOCGA E2.5 million to construct and will also house offices for its different affiliates across the different sporting codes. The head of government will be joined by the vice-president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Motlohang Moiloa-Ramoqobo and ANOCA Zone VI president Alfred Fokolo among other distinguished guest from the Olympic movement across the continent.
EOCGA Chief Executive Officer Maxwell Jele said the day will be part of double celebrations; the official opening of head offices and the celebration of the association’s Golden Jubilee.
“The official opening and ribbon cutting will be undertaken by the Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini. We are expecting 10 international dignitaries who will be coming from the mother-body ANOCA and colleagues, the presidents and CEOs of Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique and Botswana,” he said.
EOCGA president Adam ‘Bomber’ Mthethwa is expected to host a welcoming dinner for the guest at Happy Valley Hotel on Friday. On Saturday, the EOCGA guests will pay a courtesy call to the Prime Minister at 10.30am at the hotel before crossing over to Lobamba for the official opening of the offices at 11am.
EOCGA has resurfaced the OlympAfrica courts and is currently concluding the construction of a beach volleyball court.
