Francistown Jazz Festival Gets P40,000 In Pledges

Monday, September 18, 2017

The two MPs have pledged money for the postponed Francistown Jazz Festival PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The sudden death of jazz maestro, Soares Katumbela has attracted pledges to the tune of P40,000 towards the upcoming Francistown Jazz Festival.

This comes after the festival was postponed two days to the D-day of the much-anticipated inaugural jazz festival. The organisers, Streethorn Promotions Company, decided to postpone the event once again, till further notice.

The festival, which was supposed to be headlined by South African Jazz legends, Jonathan Gwangwa and Ringo Madlingozi, was initially billed for April 7 at the Francistown Old Stadium. It was postponed after Katumbela announced that they failed to garner sponsors to cover the costs.

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