Chomie Maposo to be buried Saturday 8 May

Chomie Maposo would have stood out even among the generation of journalists at the Department of Information and Broadcasting who had the benefit of West German training.

His portraits of first president, Seretse Khama were among his favourites, according to colleagues at the Department of Information.  He probably counted among the first president's preferred photographers, if not his favourite. His exceptional work occupied a space at the first ever Debswana sponsored photographic exhibition put up by the Botswana Journalists Association in the 1990s at the Gaborone Sun.

It would have been a miracle if one of his works did not take first prize. Chomie worked in almost all the private newspaper newsrooms as a free-lance photographer after he left the Department of information.

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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