Promoters applaud Good Samaritan Olopeng

After eight years of petitioning, lobbying and begging government to rescind on the directive of limitation on entertainment hours, finally promoters see the light at the end of the tunnel. They have a reason to smile after years of despair. The highest office in the land had ignored their pleas when the future of the industry teetered on the edge of the abyss. Sluggish returns were the order of the day, until the arrival of the Good Samaritan, Thapelo Olopeng on the scene. Mmegi Staffer INNOCENT SELATLHWA speaks to the president of the Botswana Entertainment Promoters Association (BEPA) about their journey since 2008, and the way forward in light of a dawning hope