Mapantsula’s ‘Donty ka Okapi’ grand finale Saturday

Donty ka Okapi event in Moshupa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Donty ka Okapi event in Moshupa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Pantsula Association (BPA) competition grand finale will be held at the Metsimotlhabe Hall on May 13, 2023 from 2pm.

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.

Editor's Comment
GBV: The big elephant in the room

Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up