A day with Dumelang
Friday, April 08, 2011
Dumelang Saleshando is wearing khaki shorts and a neat brown and black T-shirt. His wife Dineo is wearing a light grey dress which complements her light brown complexion.
We are outside their manicured gardens in their double storey home in Phakalane. "You retire to normal life one day and all your children are grown up and they don't need you anymore," Dumelang says.
Unfortunately, petty thieves tend to be more vicious around this time as they also prepare for the festive season. Culturally, many Batswana go home for the holiday, and petty thieves are amongst those who go home. Burglaries, car break-ins, and attacks on unsuspecting pedestrians seem to be on the rise!That is not all, as scammers continue to take money from pensioners as well as other Batswana who may fall prey to their unscrupulous tactics....