Gaborone- Saturday 1st July 2023 – The Zambian Women’s Table Tennis Team has qualified to the Senior African Championships which will be held in Tunisia in September this year. This will also act as a qualifier for the World Table Tennis Championships which will be held in South Korea in 2024. The Women’s Team beat Botswana 3 -1 to come out third after South Africa and Angola respectively. The Women’s and Men’s Team have both minted Bronze at the ongoing regional 5 qualifying games in Gaborone. However, the Men’s team has not qualified for the Senior African Championships. Team Manager Mr. Martin Chewe said the ladies put up an outstanding performance and he is delighted that they have qualified. “I am very delighted that the Women’s Team has qualified for the Senior African Championships. The region has now recognized Zambia’s performance; it is now improving. And we also have the largest delegation here because of the support that we got from the Zambian Government,” said Chewe. The International Table Tennis Federation Southern Africa Region World Qualifiers is currently underway in Gaborone with seven countries participating namely: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Zambia High Commission staff led by Acting High Commissioner Mr Brighton L. Litula attended the closing ceremony of the International Table Tennis Federation Southern Africa Region World Qualifiers which was held in Gaborone.