Moratiwa musical at Maitisong tonight
Staff Writer | Wednesday August 30, 2017 16:34
Moratiwa tells Gaone’s tragic story and brings light to the practice of ritualistic murders in Botswana.
Through narration and song, a cast of 26 actors, dancers and singers, who are accompanied by a nine-piece band, performs the musical.
The musical follows the story set in the early 1980s when residents of the village of Xamshiko, Botswana held a Kgotla meeting with their leaders and police officials about the case of a missing child (Gaone), which was dismissed after the records disappeared.
It had been suspected that top officials were responsible due to an upsurge in ritualistic murders in the area. The Botswana Government invited the Scotland Yard to investigate further when students of Xamshiko, joined by students of the University of Botswana, held a strike.
To this day, the results of this investigation have never been published. The musical was performed for the first time last year at Mantlwaneng Theatre in Westwood International School as part of the BOT50 celebration. Admission is P150 for adults and P75 for students with valid IDs.