Mawee kills them with jokes

Mawee
Mawee

The lights turn off and the murmer of the audience fades into deafening silence. The lights go on again and a small figure appears from behind a large red curtain. The man sporting a hat is clad in grey primary school uniform shorts, a white shirt and black shoes.

Within minutes, the ‘school boy’ has killed the silence, as the whole room fills with laughter.

Comedian Olefile ‘Mawee’ Mokgware is in the house and while his audience is left in stitches from one of his jokes the young man appears stunned by the response.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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