Botswana productions at Zimbabwe's HIFA

Blue Black and White performing during the Maitisong festival
Blue Black and White performing during the Maitisong festival

Botswana’s famous theatre productions Sir Seretse Khama’s life story Blue, Black And White, Keneilwe: A Dance For The Given and Morwa: The Rising Son are currently running in Harare at the ongoing Harare International Arts Festival (HIFA).

On May 1, Blue, Black And White took to the stage at the Zimbabwe College of Music.  The audience was comprised of Music College students, theatre practitioners from Zimbabwe and Namibia as well as students of CHIPAWO, a children and young people’s arts organisation, which is hosting the Botswana contingent.

Also present was Omolemo Selato from the Botswana Embassy in Harare. 

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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