2012 Thapong Awards- bigger and better
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Already, Mascom has confirmed they will sponsor the awards and publicity for the event on television through Prime Time show. Thapong Visual Arts Centre is expected to announce more sponsorship partners for the awards in due course.
This will be the 9th TAYA awards since they were first held in 2004. Thapong Arts Centre's Executive Director, Reginald Bakwena, told Showbiz that entries for the 2012 awards will be released early in October. Mindful of the fact that the 2011 award recorded a resounding success with a 300-strong audience at the ceremony, Bakwena says the bar must be raised higher.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....