Press conferences a sham
Thursday, August 21, 2014
The trend is common across all sectors such as sports, political parties and even religious organisations. Journalists would be invited to a briefing and they find a room, conference room, or even compound, with political parties in particular, packed with members of the host organisation.
This has happened with Botswana Democratic Party, Umbrella for Democratic Change, Botswana Congress Party and Botswana Football Association, to mention but a few. These are organisations that constantly interact with journalists and therefore call press briefings on a regular basis.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...