Bangwaketse showcase their culture
Monday, October 12, 2015
Bangwaketse enjoying festivities at Mmakgodumo
The three-day event started on Friday with bonfire and performances by many artists who kept the audience up throughout the days. There were dikhwaere, poetry, dikgafela, borankana and other cultural activities. Dikhwaere groups such as Dipilara from Moshupa and Matebele from Phitshane Molopo also performed at the event.
Recording artists, Kgokgonono and Kgagaripa rendered some of their dikhwaere and borankana hits which were well-received by the festival govers. It was testimony to the fact that indeed traditional music can also be mainstream and become a source of income.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...