The 'waterborne' scribes
Friday, April 06, 2018
First, the event was supposed to be held in the Parliament’s foreground, which was exquisitely decorated possibly at a hefty cost, but the heavy downpours put a damper on what promised to be memorably enjoyable proceedings. This was last Sunday at the swearing-in ceremony marking the smooth transfer of power from former president, Ian Khama to the man of the moment and fifth President, Mokgweetsi Masisi.
Typical of African beliefs, when a heavy downpour precedes or occurs immediately after an event of last Sunday’s magnitude, the general belief is that it’s a good omen that the gods had smiled upon the man of the moment.
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...