Board Committees – Gambling Authority || Motshameko O Phepha

Section 13 of the Gambling Act empowers the Board to appoint Committees. Section 13 (2) of the Act establishes two (2) statutory Board Committees, namely, the Training and Localisation Committee and the Excessive Gambling Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee. The Board Committees presently are as follows:

Audit and Risk Committee (ARco);
Strategy, Policies, Ethics and Social Committee (SPESco); and
Regulatory, Training and Localisation Committee (REGco); and
Excessive Gambling Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee (EGPRco).

The Board committees are constituted to align with statutory requirements as per section 13 of the Act

EXCESSIVE GAMBLING PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION COMMITTEE

The Act provides that the function of the Excessive Gambling Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee shall be to guide and monitor the development and implementation of programmes and strategies aimed at preventing addictive or compulsive gambling and rehabilitating compulsive gamblers

AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE (ARco)

The Audit and Risk Committee is entrusted with providing independent monitoring and oversight of the effectiveness of specific Board assurance functions provided by external auditors, internal audit, risk management, finance function and combined assurance. The Committee oversees the review of the Authority’s financial performance in line with corporate strategy and budgets. Furthermore, the Committee also charged with oversight responsibilities of providing direction in the assessment of effectiveness of the Authority’s systems of Risk Management Internal Controls. ARco supports the Board by satisfying itself about how significant findings, made by assurance providers, were addressed by management. ARco has the following Board delegated powers

To recommend appointment of the Chief Internal Auditor;
To approve the Internal Audit Plan;
To approve the Audit Closeout Letter; and
To note and approve Liquidity and Financial Sustainability reports.

REGULATORY, TRAINING AND LOCALISATION COMMITTEE (REGCO)

The Regulatory, Training and Localisation Committee is the Committee entrusted by the Board to fulfil its obligations relating to Regulation of the gambling industry under the Gambling Act as well as ensuring that there is training and localisation of employees and key position for licensees in the Gambling Industry. The Committee is further mandated to empower citizen employees with the requisite skills to localise expatriate held positions in the industry through gambling licenses issued by the Authority. The Committee is further mandated to :

Monitor regulatory compliance, training and localisation in the industry to assist the Board in its responsibilities to ensure the empowerment of Citizen employees with the requisite skills to localise expatriate held positions in the gambling industry;
Ensure the training of staff within licenced entities/operators;
To regulate and control the development of gambling establishments in Botswana; and
Oversight and monitoring of licensing conditions of the various types of gambling licenses.

STRATEGY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE (STRATco)

The Strategy and Resources Committee is the Committee entrusted with providing independent supervision, monitoring and oversight of the Board’s commitment to promoting an ethical culture, corporate citizenship and remuneration policy. The STRATco is responsible for the implementation of the Corporate Strategy, Corporate Scorecard, Human Resource Planning and Succession. The Committee further ensures that specific transparency reporting and disclosure are provided, among others, in relation to the following:

Strategy Report and Corporate Scorecard
Half Year Integrated Report and Annual Integrated Report
Human Capital report detailing talent management framework.

Board Committee Members

Our Board Committee members provide focused expertise, oversight, and recommendations on specific aspects of organizational governance and management ranging from Audit & Risk, Excessive gambling prevention to localization and training. Meet our Board Committee members below and Click on member to read more