Ex-BBA housemates visit three Lobatse schools
Thursday, May 23, 2013
BMC spokesman Tiro Kganela is happy about the success of the tour that took the celebrity couple to Crescent, St Theresa's Primary School and Pitikwe Junior Secondary School. The excitement about the couple was so huge that it needed police presence to control the huge crowd. Kganela said one of BMC's purpose was to bring a famous face to Lobatse, and Oneza proved to fit that description, thanks to the craze that showed on the day.
"It was crazy, their presence, to a population in a town like this, meant a lot. Young people in Lobatse do not usually have a celebrity come and interact with them. "I know O'Neal as a friend. He is also a businessman, but he also has a mission similar to ours at the BMC - education.
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