Surviving 6 to 6: Some want more hours, Others want more liver

Officials say the move was designed to ‘support national merrymaking’ though insiders admit it was mostly to test how many times Charma Girl’s music can be played before patrons riot. Local residents are divided. Some welcomed the chance to imbibe longer. Some say whoever came up with this must be smoking crack. The country is grappling with what analysts are calling ‘the most divisive issue akin to how one traverses the Gaborone Station (Bus Rank)’.

The major conflict here being: Does one take the ‘Direct Overhead Bridge Path’ (the tourist or the naive Benny-comes-to-town route) or the ‘secret maze through the stalls’ (the professional GC native’s route)? One side argues the bridge is safer; the other argues that if you don't pass through the smell of frying fat cakes and dodge at least three combis, you haven't actually ‘arrived’ in Gaborone.