Hundreds Of Meat Lovers Brave The Cold For LIBF

Tumelo Mouwane | Monday June 6, 2016 15:28

This year’s beef festival was a success as the attendees enjoyed varieties of meat dishes, entertainment, games and drinks.

The camp chair and cooler box affair saw 11 artistes sharing the stage in the fully packed Amphitheatre. As usual, Mafitlhakgosi’s performance sent many attendees haywire as they headlined the event alongside Sereetsi and the Natives.  On the decks, DJ Juicy, DJ Kyle Crispin the Drummer, DJ Lefatshe insured that revellers bonded well with the event whilst tens of hawkers and local companies flocked the event. T.H.A.B.O, Scar, Mapetla, MMP Family, Hamonic, shared the stage to give the audience a dose of local talent.  The event had several meat dishes including serobe, mokoto, seswaa, mokwetjepe and tlhako and tlhogo, which gave the attendees a relevant mood for the beef-feasting event.  For his part, Assistant Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Sadique Kebonang said he was impressed with the event.  “The event has been largely successful and I think if we can attract international visitors to the event, it can be even more successful,” he said. Despite its success, some of the entrepreneurs decried the lack of power to use in their stalls. One of the entrepreneurs who preferred anonymity said they had not made any sales since their stalls were completely in the dark. “We have not made any sales, we are not happy because the organisers failed to provide electricity to our stalls for several hours. Some of our products needed electricity, we had a spit braai, which needs power to operate, but we could not make any sales out of it since there was no electricity. Our stalls are completely in the dark and its totally unattractive. We are looking for a refund,” she said.

The entrepreneur said they paid P1,000 in advance to lease the stalls. Some of them were already packing at 19:00hrs. The organiser of the event, Barolong Seboni, was not available for comment as his phone rang unanswered.

LIBF is the annual beef festival held here. Lobatse is the home of beef in Botswana and gives opportunity for the meat industry to showcase their products.