Music lovers treated to a wonderful night
Monday, August 02, 2010
With quite a phenomenal line up of live music in Eugene Jackson - with a too fine vocal aptitude to be ignored, pop sensation Helen Dikobe and rapper-cum-radio personality Scar aka Thato Matlhabaphiri, music fanatics could only ask for more.
The bonfire concept came in handy as the chilly Friday show, which started way after the said time took revellers back to the village where entertainment around the fire formed a crucial part of the society's performing arts. It is in the lolwapa and around the fire where dances were performed, folksongs and tales told and great orators born.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...