Author Kubuitsile wins yet another prize

Mahalapye-based author Lauri Kubuitsile has made Botswana proud again by winning The Golden Baobab Prize formerly known as The Baobab Prize for Literature.

This is the second year that this prize has been organised and the second time that Kubuitsile has won a prize in the competition.

 "Last year, my story, Lorato And Her Wire Car, won in the junior category and my story Birthday Wishes was highly commended in the seniors' category.  This year, I did the opposite, my story Lightning and the Thunderers was highly commended in the junior category and my story The Mechanic's Son won in the senior category," she told Showbiz in an interview.

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