The apartheid impact in Botswana

Saturday night brought back apartheid memories some in the audience PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Saturday night brought back apartheid memories some in the audience PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The apartheid era saw a number of Umkhonto we Sizwe guerillas from South Africa ran to neighbouring Botswana seeking refuge, which also led to Botswana being sucked into the anti-apartheid struggle.

On Saturday evening the Company@ Maitisong theatre crew staged a poignant apartheid era story titled Born Around Here at Maitisong Theatre. South Africa-based playwright Phala Ookeditse Phala directed the theatrical play.

On an improvised stage sat five people on stools holding logs as they took turns to tell how the apartheid regime affected their lives and of their significant others.

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