Revamped Kuru festival start at West Hanahai
Thursday, August 06, 2009
In comes a revamped version of the cultural festival, which is in the form of mini festivals held across San settlements, beginning with this weekends event at West Hanahai in the Gantsi District. Organisers say they expect up to 25 San cultural groups from all over the country to get together and share knowledge on cultural issues. The event will later move to a settlement called Qabo, also in the Gantsi District, while there is a possibility of hosting yet another cultural festival in Shakawe before the end of the year, according to Kuru Trust coordinator John Sikalera in Dkar.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...