Writers, mark your calendars!
Friday, September 16, 2016
If you are serious about Botswana literature, reading, writing and getting published you need to pay close attention.
This Sunday, the Bessie Head Heritage Trust (BHHT) is celebrating the wonderful little bite-sized fiction format— the short story! The event, dubbed Celebrating The Short Story, will begin at 2pm at the News Café in Gaborone. The programme will include the awarding of the prize to this year’s winner of the BHHT Short Story Contest. This year’s winner is Caiphus Mangenela for his story, ‘A Mother Amongst the Stars’. He wins P2,000. An excerpt from the winning story will be read and the story discussed. The theme this year, coinciding with our country’s auspicious birthday was ‘independence’. The judges were international writers Fiona Snyckers, Zukiswa Wanner and Karen Jennings.
These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...