Son of The Soil event back bigger and better
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
![Son of the Soil Chariots: Participants at the Son of the Soil 2013 cultural festival enjoying the traditional ride in donkey carts PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2014/february/26/php5755.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Son of the Soil Chariots: Participants at the Son of the Soil 2013 cultural festival enjoying the traditional ride in donkey carts PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
During an interview with Showbiz, SOTS Public Relations Officer, Pontsho Pusoetsile, said the event would start on Friday until March 2, 2014. Even though the event would commence on Friday until Sunday, Pusoetsile said that the main event would be held on Saturday as usual. He said that it would be the same as previous years though there would be a few things to spice it up.
He said that throughout the three days, the festivities would be filled with traditional song, dance and games. People would also be treated to tasty traditional dishes. This would give them an opportunity to sample healthy Setswana meals. Pusoetsile said that SOTS is participatory in nature, so all hands have to be on deck.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...