No National Stadium, no main music festival - Pabalinga
Friday, August 11, 2023 | 220 Views |
Thapelo Pabalinga PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
According to the event director, Thapelo 'Fish' Pabalinga, the show will not go on because they were told the National stadium was not available.
He explained that the stadium was the only venue that could commensurate with the size of the crowd that always attends the festival. Pabalinga expressed a displeasure at the unavailability of the venue saying the creative value chain would suffer.
That should concern every Motswana. The implications extend far beyond cattle and farmers. Botswana’s beef industry is a critical pillar of the economy, supporting thousands of households and sustaining businesses along the value chain.The loss of access to lucrative export markets has already demonstrated how quickly an animal-health crisis can become an economic crisis.This is, therefore, not the time for complacency, blame, or political...