�Ko flateng� lies in ruins

Bontleng old market place. PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Bontleng old market place. PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The old Gaborone City Council (GCC) beer garden in Bontleng has become an eyesore after it was extensively vandalised. Everything from the roofing, window frames, door-frames, wiring, sockets, fencing and toilet facilities have been ripped out and the place once known as ‘ko flateng’ turned into a garbage dump and illegal ablution.

The small one-storey building used to be a popular joint in Gaborone in the 1970s and 1980s when there were not many bars in the city and most revellers guzzled chibuku.


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