Maureen Odubeng
16 September 2008
Botswana's representative in the Big Brother 3 Tawana Lebani is still in danger of returning home this Sunday, after the public voting, which sent her and Tanzania's Latoya Lyakurwa to the "rubbish dump".
Compared to her fellow "rubbish dump" housemate, Tawana, however, seems to stand a better chance of returning to the house and staying in the game a little longer if the public voting results are anything to go by. Tawana was nominated for eviction by fellow housemates, alongside, Latoya and Kenya's Sheila Kwamboka. Latoya received the most votes to leave the house, as 10 countries voted against her compared to Tawana's three. Sheila escaped with no votes. Looking at the public's voting pattern, Latoya is likely to be permanently evicted on Sunday, with Tawana returning to the BBA 3 house, for another shot at the title. While the housemates are under the impression that the two, who left the house after the Sunday eviction show were permanently evicted, the duo will be in the race again this week, and the one with the most votes will permanently be evicted, while the one with the least votes will return to the house. Botswana being the first to leave the BBA 2 house in the last season, many Batswana were holding their breath, wondering whether history was about to repeat itself for the second year running.
Surprisingly the two housemates handled being put in the "rubbish dump" well, quickly getting over their shock, and adapting to the changed environment. The two started cleaning their new home, removing the rubbish that was strewn all over in order to make it more habitable. Tawana and Latoya worked well together without any fights to make the area look a little clean, ignoring the graffiti on the walls, which they obviously cannot do much about. Shortly after they entered the rubbish dump the two started a little gossip of their own about the other housemates still in the house, with the two women agreeing that they would have had a hard time alone with Sheila in the "rubbish dumb". The two continued to gossip about a few other housemates with Latoya finally revealing that Uganda's Morris Mugisha is in love with her. When Tawana quizzed her on why she dumped Morris, terming it as 'plain evil' Latoya's retort was simply: "There is no such thing as love in a place like that. People just need a relationship to keep them moving."
"But if you find someone like that who proclaims their love for you, it could be your one and only chance of finding true love," Tawana said. The advice seemed not to sway Latoya as he quickly changed the subject to her other 'lover' in the house Angola's Ricardo Venancio, and his latest spark, Lucille Naobes, from Namibia.
While the show promised many twists and turns, putting the two through a week of suffering in the 'rubbish dump' seems a little too much, considering that while one of them will return to the house and continue with the game, the other mate's dreams of winning the USD 100, 000 (about P650, 000) will come to an end, as they will be permanently evicted.
Another surprise in the Sunday eviction show was that Tawana and Sheila were not given the same privilege extended to South Africa's Thamsanqa Prusent and Morris during the fake evictions. The two gentlemen who went through the fake eviction were shown nominations tape and sent back into the house.
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