Jamataka grapples with village status

It is even worse during the rainy season as she has to battle with her rusty wheelbarrow through the wet black cotton soil. In the newly recognised Jamataka village, Moses, who originally hails from Mathangwane in the Tutume Sub-District, pushes her wheelbarrow about six kilometres to fetch water from one of the two standpipes in the village. Women her age living in major villages, towns and cities have easy access to potable water.

As the world commemorated World Water Day last week, Moses and other villagers in Jamataka still have a lot of challenges to grapple with. The lid of her container cannot tighten and as such, water leaks into the wheelbarrow.