America through Water�s eyes
Friday, December 08, 2017
“My people never imagined they could travel this far,” says Tumeletso Setlabosha, the man widely known only as ‘Water’. He is referring to the people of Jao - a small village island in the heart of the Okavango Delta where he was born.
In Jao or Jedibe as the locals sometimes refer to the place, there is nothing, the only concrete structure found there is a Health Post they call “Clinic Ya Ga Iyene”. There are no schools, no shops, no cars, the airstrip has grown anthills and transport from Jao to anywhere outside the island is via a small boat or hand poled mokoro.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...