Cheating Allegations Soil Mrs Botswana

Maureen Mothuba. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Maureen Mothuba. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Mrs Botswana pageant is on its third lap but it is shrouded in cheating and mismanagement controversy by the organisers.

The pageant that was started to cater for married women has had its fair share of troubles since its inception. But this year’s pageant has raised eyebrows and made headlines in the newspapers for all the wrong reasons.

 “We were told that the top seven would be announced at the finale. But to our surprise it was not the top seven but the top eight,” said the contestants’ spokesperson, Belinda Mabote at a press briefing last Thursday.

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