Week of happenings :: Mmegi Online

This past week was truly a week of happenings. People intent on giving alcohol a bad name converged in and around Jwaneng with only one thing in mind – to show the world that their mothers were right when they warned them against the dangers of imbibing in the holy(?) waters.

What was supposed to be an afternoon of fun quickly degenerated into a farce. Spectators at the Toyota Desert Race lost it. It seems the whole country is caught up in some silent competition to get the best pictures of any event they attend.

So when the race vehicles were busy trying to outdo each other the race enthusiasts got up to all sorts of misdemeanour trying to get the best shots of the whole spectacle including getting on the path of the race vehicles. The curse of the Titanic struck again across the oceans when a little group of very rich people shorn of their full mental faculties did the unthinkable and went on a deep-sea tour to see the Titanic.

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