Botswana's first reality TV fails to air
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
But what happened was worse than going off like a damp squib; nothing went off at all!
Sources close to Thabiso, the son of Presidential Affairs Minister Margaret Nasha, have attributed the failure to air the show to "internal politics" at Btv. They say Thabiso, the owner and star of the programme, was locked in a meeting with Btv officials on Monday (yesterday) in an attempt to have the show go on air early this week.
Attempts to speak to Btv Channel Controller failed because the officer's phone went unanswered.
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