The tswii that sustains Maun gatherers

Friday, November 07, 2014

Green veggies: The heartland that births the tswii delicacy

MAUN: Putting bread on the table sometimes brings its share of problems. For the breadwinner danger and risk may lurk in the corners of every choice they make. Forty-four-year-old Lebogang Matebele of Moeti Ward said gathering tswii (waterlily) is a job that she has been doing since 1997.

Risky and dangerous it may be, she has to do it in order to fend for her three children. The hardships of life and being jobless forced her to go into the trade.

Tswii is a delicacy that is indeginous to Maun and its surrounding areas. It looks like a potato when uncooked.

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The tswii that sustains Maun gatherers

MAUN: Putting bread on the table sometimes brings its share of problems. For the breadwinner danger and risk may lurk in the corners of every choice they make. Forty-four-year-old Lebogang Matebele of Moeti Ward said gathering tswii (waterlily) is a job that she has been doing since 1997.

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