'We have been cheated' - Miss Tourism 2013

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Miss Tourism 2013 contestants have not received their prizes as promised, which were due in October. Speaking to Showbiz yesterday, 19-year-old Katlego Gaotsenelelwe who was crowned queen at the August 30th pageant said that she and her princesses are still yet to receive their rewards.

Gaotsenelelwe won herself a cash prize worth P5,000, a clothing voucher for a whole year, a weekend trip to the Okavango Delta and a tour to one of the participating countries of her choice.

“I signed a contract specifying that my prizes will be handed to me on October 19, but I have not gotten them.  The organisers keep giving me excuses that do not make sense,” she said.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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