Maitisong lustre lost to days of yore

Kgalagadi Soul band performing at the official opening of Maitisong Festival
Kgalagadi Soul band performing at the official opening of Maitisong Festival

Marked as the 31st Maitisong Festival this year, the event seemed to have lost its luminosity leaving both performers and audiences disappointed.

The festival is one of the biggest calendar events, which attracts performers from outside the country, but this year the festival was not impressive.

The festival this time around had a lot of hiccups, namely poor attendance, poor coordination, and absence of high profile acts and cancellation of various productions.

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