Bakwena gives thumps up to Khama�s initiatives :: Mmegi Online

With President Ian Khama’s second term in office elapsing on March 31, 2018, the coordinator of Thapong Visual Art Centre has described his initiatives as “very good”. Mmegi Correspondent TOM KETLOGETSWE sat down with Reginald Bakwena to get his assessment of the initiatives that bankrolled the visual for the past nine years

When President Khama ascended to the highest office in 2008 he declared the President Day holidays a period to celebrate the country’s arts. He further set aside an annual budget for government to purchase works of art from local artists for its various departments.

To Bakwena, Khama was a messiah sent to save the arts because his predecessors showed little interest in the sector. He said the initiatives uplifted the artists’ living standards and showed that government appreciated the work done by artists.

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