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BIG WEEKEND 03/09/10
Sep. 3 | MR OUNAH RATEBY MR OUNAH RATEBY Traditional gospel music is here to stay. Nothing will shake it. Nothing will kill it. It all sounds the same, no one can deny its huge share of the market, especially to Christians who simply want to hear words and songs...
BIGWEEKEND 27/08/10
Aug. 27 | ANDREW SESINYI RADIO AND MUSIC Monnamogolo is a life slave for radio and music as my dad introduced me to both 40 years ago, before I even started school. The music of Ratsie Setlhako, Jim Reeves still resonates in my ears like it was yesterday. The...
BIGWEEKEND 20/08/10
Aug. 20 | MA ACTIVATORS JIVE MA ACTIVATORS Gatwe leina serome – Ma Activators are just that, activators! Their eight track album Number-Number Tsuka Jive produced by Kitso Mauchaza aka Knocks and Phatsimo P.P @ pplinks and nice-cut production studios is a journey...
BIG WEEKEND 13/08/10
Aug. 13 | ZEUS ON BOTSWANA MUSIC ZEUS Monnamogolo saw the following comment about Botswana music by Zeus on his Facebook page and thought all musicians who read this column should see it. “I think its all about quality, no offence to anybody but some of our local...
BIGWEEKEND 06/08/10
Aug. 6 | SAMMI N HANNINGTON EVICTED? SAMMI This is going to be the most anti-climatic Big Brother show of all time. Big Brother has lost the plot. How on earth are the producers of the show expecting the voting public to vote to evict housemates, spending their...
BIG WEEKEND 30/07/10
Jul. 30 | K-1 SURVIVES EVICTION KAONE It was very embarrassing to see negative comments by Batswana on Facebook and twitter who were momentarily happy that Kaone was evicted from the Big Brother 5 house last Sunday. All of them wish it was Warona in the house....
BIG WEEKEND 23/07/10
Jul. 23 | VEE’S NEW DVD VEE The back of the DVD cover reads thus: “This marks a historical moment in Botswana music. In this DVD, we see Vee’s production and presentation matching international standards. Showing more growth as both a performer...
BIGWEEKEND 16/07/10
Jul. 16 | FLEX BOOGIE PENS & WORD FLEX & BOOGIE Flex Boogie has arrived, iyhoooo! Pens&Words takes motswako/hip hop to another level. Produced by an all-star team of Thir(13)Teen, Trompie, Wax Lyrical, Thebe Jairus Lekhonkhobe, Dot Com, and Northwest,...
BIG WEEKEND 09/07/10
Jul. 9 | KGOTLA O MONE SKHIPHANE Zimbabwean Joe Maseko is arguably one of the biggest but relatively unknown producers in the country. The man has been responsible for most of Culture Spears’s big hits. He will soon also take Molepolole born Kwaito artist, Skhiphane,...
BIG WEEKEND 02/06/10
Jul. 2 | BIZA MUPULU BIZA’S RHUMBA LETHEKA Biza Mpulu came into Botswana way back in 1993 and joined a group called Super Power that he stayed with for three years. He then joined Alfredo Mos and Africa Sounds where he stayed for eight years before breaking...
BIG WEEKEND 25/06/10
Jun. 25 | STEPHANIE GOES HOME STEPHANIE It’s three weeks to go for My Star Botswana to crown a new winner. For the remaining contestants it has to be the most nail biting moments. Last week saw one of the tightest bottom two contests with crowd favourite Kedibonye...
BIG WEEKEND 18/06/10
Jun. 18 | CRYING GAONE GONE GAONE Last year’s My Star contestant Dineo cried every time she messed up. This year Gaone picked off where Dineo left. She cried at least four times during the Top 23 stage of the competition. The tears, however, did not save her...
BIG WEEKEND 11/06/10
Jun. 11 | APOLLO VS SCAR BEEF EA KGAKGAHA ( SCAR VS APOLLO) Apollo Diablo: After so many years (and 7 top ten singles) I realize that Yarona Fm will NEVER play my music the same way they play Scar’s. I’m still here though… Thanks to all my fans that...
BIG WEEKEND 04/06/10
Jun. 4 | @ Judge 4 urself (Zeus and Scar’s pictures side by side with gloves in between!) Monnamogolo wasn’t going to do this story. But I changed my mind on Monday coz it’s a story made for The Voice! Last week, Scar and Tumie play Zeus’s new single,...
BIG WEEKEND 14/05/10
Jun. 4 | @MY STAR TOP 10 Great night for My Star last Friday! It’s just amazing that one week contestants can pull off great performances and then the next week flop so bad that one could wonder if they are watching the same contestants. Case in point is...
BIG WEEKEND 28/05/10
May. 28 | @ AN UNLIKELY STAR MY Star took a dramatic turn last Friday when it got into the most diffi – cult stage of the competition, task songs. Gaone, who was in the bottom two and was one vote away from being eliminated came back to completely destroy...
