Sello Motseta reports on the new opera house in Gaborone, a tribute to Alexander McCall Smith’s famous Mma Ramotswe.
Alexander McCall Smith, creator of the peerless Mma Ramotswe, talks about hs new adventure, <i>The Miracle at Speedy Motors</i>.
British film director Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for The English Patient, died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, his agent said. He was 54. Minghella died from complications following surgery last week for cancer of the tonsils and neck, agent Leslee Dart said.
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/ 6 September 2007
Its sleepy nature was an essential ingredient to the book, but tourist bosses are hoping a film version of <i>The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency</i> will provide a shot in the arm to Botswana’s laidback capital. Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella has brought a rare bustle to Gaborone since he and his crew arrived 10 weeks ago.