Kgalagadi Soul - unearthing another gem from the desert
Friday, April 07, 2017
Kgalagadi Soul band performing at the official opening of Maitisong Festival PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
A year ago in Kuruman, South Africa during the Kgalagadi Jazz Festival, a new band was born. It was brainchild of Tumi Peter of BakTu Musik and Tomeletso Sereetsi of Sereetsi and the Natives.
“The initial idea was to have a band of Setswana speakers,” says Sereetsi.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...