Four-nation Arts Festival on the cards
Friday, March 01, 2024 | 350 Views |
Minister Rakgare dancing with the National Arts Festival 2023 ensemble during the awards ceremonyPIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
This was revealed by the Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare when updating Parliament on the status of the National Arts Council of Botswana (NACB) recently. The NACB was launched in May 2023 as part of government’s initiative to transform the local creative and cultural space.
Rakgare said the NACB is working with other Arts Councils to collaborate and partner with each other for the socio-economic wellbeing of artists in these countries. He said following the meeting in Zambia last year, the Arts Councils are working on a concept that would see this festival held on a rotational basis.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...