On the road with Uncle John and Ausi Sonti to bury Ray Phiri( Pt1)

Ray Phiri performing in Gaborone in 2015 at the Hamptons Jazz Festival PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Ray Phiri performing in Gaborone in 2015 at the Hamptons Jazz Festival PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

On the road with Uncle John and Ausi Sonti to bury Ray Phiri( Pt1)

12 July 

Ray Phiri is dead. A flurry of activity follows this Wednesday  morning as radio and television stations swing into action with tributes flooding in after what is a completely unforeseen demise.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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