BOMU awards tender raises eyebrows
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
BOMU announced on Wednesday through a statement from Secretary General, Rasina Winfred Rasina that they have appointed Total Music Group owned by Seabelo Modibe for the awards.
According to the statement, Total Music Group is to organise, market, coordinate and manage the music awards for a period of five years. Now members are disappointed about the decision and have labelled it as a personal appointment. Rasina stated that BOMU have resolved to partner with Total Music Group not only because the team at Total Music Group has its creative industry commerce, but more importantly because it has delivered beyond measure both commercially and community projects in the creative Industry, in a career spanning 21 years.
The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...