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| Sport | Squash |
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| Abbreviation | BSRA |
| Regional affiliation | Squash Federation of Africa |
| Location | Gaborone |
| President | Tiego Rabasha |
| Chairperson | Pule Tangane |
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Botswana Squash Rackets Association is the national governing body for squash in Botswana.
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Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana ; is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the north-east. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge.
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