Kuru dance fest celebrates 20 years
Friday, August 03, 2018
Basarwa Dance PIC:THALEFANG CHARLES
This celebration of the San culture to be held from August 24 - 25, 2018 at Dqae Qare San Lodge, near Gantsi, Botswana has always catered both to locals and to a wider international audience in the past years.
The coordinator of Kuru Development Trust, Mangana Mangana told Arts & Culture that they want to attract more people this year. “Culture is our identity, more tribes have to come here so that we share our culture. All we need is to see the participation grow, this event is not meant for profit,” he said. Mangana added that through the festival they want to showcase their culture as Batswana.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...