Zeus ruffles feathers at BDP festival
Thalefang Charles | Tuesday October 21, 2014 16:45
‘Change’ is a primary word in the slogan coined by the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), which says, “Let’s Embrace Change”.
The BDP organisers were left with egg on their faces as Zeus got the audience entranced in the moment and rapped the song, with lyrics like, “We gotta make a change…It’s time for us as a people to start making some changes. Let’s change the way we eat, let’s change the way we live and let’s change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn’t working so it’s on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.”
Although Zeus, who was draped in all black attire, went onto stage late at night when most of the revelers were already too inebriated to notice any coded messages in the songs, the organisers picked on the irony and showed great discomfort during the performance.They were the only ones who did not sing along to the change-preaching Tupac lyrics.
Another notable performance was by gorgeous and electric female rapper Sasa Klass, who is the daughter of Annah Motlhagodi, the Botswana Congress Party parliamentary candidate for Gaborone Bonnington North. Several weeks ago, Sasa Klass was the leading entertainment act when her political firebrand mother was launched.
However, this past Saturday she put business before family ties when she extended her services to the BDP. The vibrant young performer intelligently chose to mention the BDP during her performance. She graced the stage dressed in black, while her dancers wore blue and white outfits. In her energetic act, she told the audience, “Don’t khanda BDP” (don’t severe ties with the BDP)” as she introduced her popular hit, ‘A ke ba khande’ (Should I severe ties with them?)
One artist had earlier told Showbiz that all the performers were briefed to say words that hailed the ruling party during their performances. “We were told to shout, ‘Jeka Domkrag and Botswana Pele’, during our performances,” the artist said.
The free festival was held at Segoditshane Grounds in Gaborone and boasted a long line up of popular local artists.