Maitisong Festival to warm up Easter Holidays
Thursday, March 23, 2017
With a varied and exciting lineup of events, the festival will once again bring brilliant homebrewed and international shows to provide an unforgettable experience for the audience.
There will be free and paid events to ensure that everyone gets a piece of the action. The 2017 theme, ‘Enrich’, extends from 2016’s ‘Engage’ and 2015’s ‘Elevate’. All the themes reflect the need to professionalise the arts by pushing the envelope and the bar higher each year, and ensuring that professionals work together with audiences and sponsors to upgrade their game.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....