PRESIDENT of the Lesotho Cycling Federation (FCL) Rammotang Makatile has been appointed to the Southern African Cycling Forum board.

His appointment was done during the African Cycling Confederation (CAC) elective annual general meeting in Cairo, Egypt last month.

Makatile’s appointment to the Southern region board will see him becoming an ex officio member in the CAC management committee for the next four years.

Although he was appointed as an ex officio member of CAC through the regional committee election, he had also been contesting for the post.

However, he later withdrew from the race after he was appointed into the Southern African Cycling Forum board which gave him an automatic entry into the CAC management committee.

“I have been appointed to the management board of the Southern African Cycling Forum as well as the ex officio member of the CAC management committee,” Makatile said.

“I was one of the candidates vying for a position in the CAC committee but after I was appointed to the board of Southern African Cycling Forum, I withdrew from the race to create space for another person because I had already qualified to be in the CAC management committee.”

Makatile’s trip to Egypt was financed by the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC).

According to Makatile, during the CAC AGM, Lesotho also applied to host another phase of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Solidarity Project.

The first phase was applied for in 2019 and UCI bought cycling equipment like bicycles, attire, bottles, tyres, and tubes.

The application was only approved last year and the equipment is now in South Africa awaiting shipment to Lesotho.

In the second phase, Makatile said they have applied for financial assistance and they are hopeful that the application will be successful.