Annus horribilis for Jamataka�s phane people

Friday, February 13, 2015

Facing hunger: Kenalemang Hulela and a relative are among Jamataka's phane harvesters. PIC: PINI BOTHOKO

Each year, the women and children of Jamataka know that the festive season brings more than shiny- bowed presents. The sight of moths aflutter in the bush veldt heralds the onset of the phane season, where the dark, thorny worms will be plucked for profits. However, this year Mmegi Correspondent, PINI BOTHOKO, notes that times have changed.

For the womenfolk of Jamataka, the natural resources around their rural village are virtually the source of their livelihood.

A pall of poverty has hung over the 600-plus residents of the village, located along the Francistown/Orapa road, for decades since its establishment, breeding the social ills of youth unemployment and misbehaviour.

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