Culture Spears Bitter War
Monday, June 30, 2014
After nine years at the top of the Botswana entertainment industry with the super group, Thembeni, known for such hits as Borikhirikhi, mantwaneng, Bodimo, Kentane, from the group’s four famous albums, has approached his lawyers to seek perpetual royalties from the songs and the albums he helped made famous.
Thembeni, who does not feature at all in the group’s latest release, Kulanche, is also seeking to be paid for the use of his image on the latest album’s sleeve. Thembeni claims he clearly made it known to Culture Spears’ that he wouldn’t want his image to be used on an album he took no part in producing.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...