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MRS Botswana season 8 preparations start

Mrs Botswana reiging queen Portiah Mokgathong
Mrs Botswana reiging queen Portiah Mokgathong

Preparations for the search for this season's MRS Botswana queen has started with the organisers hoping doing business ahead of time would help them stage a memorable show this time around.

The pageant founder and director, Kgalalelo Lesetedi and her team, said the idea is to give themselves time to accommodate all the activities within the schedule. In an interview with Showtime, Lesetedi said the pageantry continues to grow as they have more activities in between and before the finale, which will be held in June this year.

Lesetedi also said auditions will commence in February with other activities also planned to take place during the same month starting on Valentines’ Day. “So far we have called for entries for this year’s season, which will be our eighth edition. Our auditions will be held on February 3, 2024 at Travel Lodge.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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