Call for 2021 BOMU awards open
Friday, May 14, 2021
Artists, managers, agents, labels, publishers, music directors, music video producers, album graphic designers and producers can submit their profiles for adjudication with effect from May 6, 2021 to May 31, 2021.
The awards, to be staged virtually, are aimed at honouring and celebrating Botswana musicians and creatives who recorded and commercialised new music between January 1, 2019 and April 2021.
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....