UN urges gov�t to develop artists
Friday, March 18, 2016
A Special Rapporteur team, which made the recommendations, spent some time in the country recently. The team recommended that government should expand its support to non-traditional forms of cultural expressions and consider the establishment of a national arts council to promote and develop artists and creative industries.
The National Association of Botswana Artists (NABA), spokesperson, Raymond Malinga, recently told the Minister of Youth Sports and Culture (MYSC), Thapelo Olopeng, that establishing an arts council would help get everyone together.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...