Botswana mourns the death of former national coach

The African football fraternity and the nation of Botswana are mourning the passing of Major David Bright. Bright was a former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Major and a former coach of the Zebras (Botswana national team).

The reports have it that David Bright, who served as a coach with distinction both in his home country Botswana and in neighboring countries South Africa had been hospitalized at the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital in a fight against Coronavirus infection.

Seen by many as one of the gentlemen of the game, the former Major led local teams like Gaborone United, Township Rollers and was currently the head coach of Sua Flamingoes.

Affectionately called Fakude in football circles, he coached the Zebras on four different occasions 1997 -1998, 1999, 2000 and 2017 – 2019.

In South Africa, he worked as head coach at several PSL teams including Santos, Chippa United, and Black Leopards .

Mustapha Hadji Dean