St Anthony's Choir debut album wins award

PALAPYE: Palapye Catholic church choir, St Anthony's, won Best Ordinary Accapela at the Botswana Musicians Union Awards for their double CD album, Remembrance, Peace And Harmony last Friday.

The 23-track album will most certainly keep listeners tapping their feet to the last track.  Disc A has 13 songs, which are dedicated to the 1988 papal visit to Botswana. 

According to the album sleeve, the date marked a very important moment to the Christian community, particularly the Catholics in Botswana when the late Pope John Paul II came to the country.

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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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