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BIG WEEKEND 17/02/12
Feb. 17 | Eric Ramco RAMCO 4 JOZI When you talk to Eric Ramco, you get a true reflection of how the music industry has come full circle in this country. He is arguably the best and most reliable in the industry to find out how the business side of the industry...
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Feb. 13 | THABANG THE GENIUS Thabang, whom I first got to know when he was part of the team which worked on Vee’s fourth album, is going places folks. Thabang The young man has grown in leaps and bounds since. Almost two years ago he released a very impressive...
BIG WEEKEND 03/02/12
Feb. 3 | LESOLE OBONYE FINALLY @ THE TOP Where were you in 1977? I was 11 years old doing Standard 6 at Lesedi Primary School in GC. But already I liked radio and music more than an average kid at the time, thanks to radio legends like Lesole Obonye aka...
BIG WEEKEND 27/01/12
Jan. 27 | MAXY MAXY’S FOCUSED COMEBACK There comes a time in one’s music career when things get blurry and one has to introspect, take a break and re-invent oneself. Maxy, one of the country’s biggest music stars hit that crossroad two years ago. The...
BIG WEEKEND 23/12/11
Dec. 26 | HAPPY XMAS AND MERRY 2012 It has been another fantastic year for this column on its 8th year thanks to all the staff from your favourite newspaper and you, the reader. If I was to name all of you, we will feel this whole newspaper. But, let me acknowledge...
BIG WEEKEND 16/12/11
Dec. 23 | TOUCH TOUCH DROPS MIXsPEITI Go a lwalwa mo mixspeiti’ is a strictly free for the streets mixtape by Touch who has turned himself into a household name as one of the most talented motswako artists Botswana has ever produced. In this mixspeiti, Touch...
BIG WEEKEND 02/12/11
Dec. 2 | Flexy FLEXY KA LORATO He is virtually unknown in the country. One would not even imagine that he has a sweet singing voice when you meet him. He released his first album several years ago but good as it was, it never made any impact due to a number of...
BIGWEEKEND 25/11/11
Nov. 25 | Dj Colastraw COLASTRAW’S WALK OF HOPE South African based local Disc Jockey Bonno Ngaka aka Dj Colastraw will walk for charity on December 3. The Francistown born lad says even though he is based in SA he has never forgotten his roots and intend...
BIG WEEKEND 18/11/11
Nov. 18 | Anna Christoffersson INTRODUCING ANNA The 15th December show starring South Africa’s Sahara will see for the first time in Botswana a revered Swedish artist Anna Christofferson performing her famous jazzy tunes. The Swede star has already performed...
BIG WEEKEND 11/11/11
Nov. 11 | BIG FISH BIG FISH FLIES Big Fish has always been one of the most popular radio presenters since he started his career on radio at Yarona Fm over five years ago. He hosted the sports show and co-hosted a gospel/motivational Sunday morning show with Dj...
BIG WEEKEND 04/11/11
Nov. 4 | DJ TONY DJ HALL OF FAME If a Botswana Dj manual were to be written it will start with Dj Tony of Tony’s Crazy Disco. He wasn’t the first Dj in Botswana; he migrated from Italy, via South Africa to Botswana in 1979, but has turned out to be the greatest...
BIG WEEKEND 28/10/11
Oct. 28 | Karabo GOOD LUCK KARABO! Miss Botswana 2011, Karabo Sampson is in London to represent the country at the next Miss World 2011. The 20 year old University Of Botswana student who stands at 1.71m told the Miss World website recently that she wishes to have...
BIG WEEKEND 21/10/11
Oct. 21 | KLASICK DREAM WORKS Dreams do come true. So has Klasick’s aka Kealeboga Seboko, a 22 year old from Broadhurst in Gaborone has just dropped his debut hip hop album. He is the first artist and the only signed artist by Bazamele Records. The project...
BIG WEEKEND 07/10/11
Oct. 7 | HOUSE N HIP HOP DYING! If Id didn’t believe it before, now I fully do, Nigerian, Angolan and Zambian music has taken over the club scene in Botswana. And interestingly, across all age groups. Monnamogolo witnessed this first hand at the Barclays Bank...
BIG WEEKEND 30/09/11
Sep. 30 | www.sidfm.com SIDFM ON INDEPENDENCE DAY It has long been coming. Finally it’s here. SidFm, Botswana’s first 100% Botswana content online radio station is officially going online. The idea came about some time back in 2006 but due to a few hiccups...
BIG WEEKEND 23/09/11
Sep. 23 | Malombo Mmereki ANOTHER LEGEND DIES The music/entertainment industry has lost another legend. Malombo Mmereki, the vocalist on the monster hit ya ga Banjo Mosele, Ntca E Jele Ntchanyana is no more. Malombo’s career in music started in the 70’s and...
BIG WEEKEND 16/09/11
Sep. 16 | SERAGANTSWANE Songs from the catapult Seragantswane is an upcoming traditional group formed in 2007. It was their debut album “Re tsamaile” that got the attention of many people especially the corporate population. The group brings a totally new dimension...
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Sep. 9 | Music(Hip Hop) wins ZEUS Botswana’s top two hip hop artists, Zeus and Scar Battled to a draw in my opinion last Friday, even though I did not attend. That because in my opinion, nothing separates them, they are equally good and no competition is going...
BIG WEEKEND 26/08/11
Aug. 26 | PONGO, PAPA SY AND MBODLELE The long awaited collaboration between Pongo and Papa Sy is finally materialising. The two artists never really reached their prime in the 90’s due to not taking advantage of their situation then. Both of them were raga...
