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No Boipuso fests for Tlokweng, Ramotswa

Sebele ward independence celebrations
Sebele ward independence celebrations

Unlike in other areas where there was food and festivities during the Independence Day, Tlokweng and Ramotswa, the two major villages in the South East District, had no activities to mark Botswana Day.

The last independence celebrations were held in 2019.

This is because the South East District Council (SEDC) had no funds for the independence celebration. In Ramotswa, residents gathered at the main kgotla, as usual, to listen to the presidential speech and also to watch different village choirs (dikhwaere) entertain the crowds.

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