Mapantsula’s ‘Donty ka Okapi’ grand finale Saturday
Friday, May 12, 2023 | 110 Views |
Donty ka Okapi event in Moshupa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The competitions dubbed 'Donty ka Okapi' powered by the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sports and Culture commenced with regional eliminations in February to deal with the iSpantsula stigmatisation within the community.
In an interview with the BPA secretary-general, Laki Kunene, he said the grand finale compromises all the winners from the five regions and are expected to battle for the prizes of whom amongst them were five groups, five male solos and five women solos. He explained that these were winners from their respective regions adding that they will be more heat and eye catching for those championships. “All contestants are from South, North Kweneng, Gaborone and Central regions.
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