New Palapye malls trigger misgivings
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Anywhere else, the construction of a new mall would be met with ululation by the local community, and indeed some residents here are excited at the employment prospects. However, having experienced a boom in construction in recent years, residents of Palapye know better than most the dark side of rapid development.
Palapye is rapidly being propelled from a village to a town and the four malls, to be located along the A1 highway, are expected to give the area an urban facelift and dust off its village origins. Resident businesses of various sizes are wary about the new malls, which they fear will swallow their enterprises.
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...