Recession eats into artwork buyers' pockets?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
"When we ask for sponsorship from companies they tell us about how badly the economic crisis has affected their businesses," says Reggie Bakwena, the coordinator of Thapong Visual Arts Centre in Gaborone.
Lack of sponsorship has also made it impossible for the planned extension of the centre this year to go ahead. Those who would have assisted financially cite the current global economic downturn.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...