Vee Mampeezy rallies Batswana for peaceful elections
Friday, October 11, 2019
Vee Mampeezy is attempting to get Batswana dancing to the polling booth with his new song called Botswna Kagiso
With less than two weeks before the general elections, embracing music as a form of merry protest and symbol of unity is what Batswana musicians do best.
For a long time the song that get people geared up for the election has been ditlhopho di tsile by Joe Morris. After being featured less in the 2014 general elections, Independent Electoral Commission has once again dusted it down for this coming election to get people interested in voting. There is a reason for that,it’s quite possibly the most overplayed election song in radio in recent years.
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