The Union Is The Proud Home Of The Musicians

Looking to 2009, the musicians will have to recognise that their only salvation lies in the recognition of the centrality of the union to the furtherance of the progress of the musicians and the artists in general.

The promoters already have a working association that represents their interests.  Many of them have independently registered business companies in whose name they do their business with the support of the Botswana Confederation Commerce Industry and Management, known as BOCCIM for short. 

In other words they have institutional support for the work that they do in the music industry.And when the government wants to do business in this area, they call first upon the members of BOCCIM who will always have interests closer to each than to those of the labourers or arts practitioners.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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