Fables should have taken Rick Ross to Maun

Friday, January 13, 2017

Holidaymakers in Maun PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Fables, the promoters that made history by bringing a high flying US rap star Rick Ross to Botswana are counting their losses because of a low turnout at the festival.

Although the organisers extensively marketed the show, Gaborone was just too deserted to fill-up the Duma FM Grounds on New Year’s Eve.

Right from the announcement, which was a major entertainment coup in Botswana, the show was met with huge skepticism. Many took it for yet another of social media’s “fake news”. In the streets many thought out loud saying “some Gabz cats tryna flash us”. It was so big it was unbelievable.

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