Fire deepens family�s troubles

Salome
Salome

There is no pain worse than growing up in poverty but when one loses the little they worked hard to acquire for years, the sting is even worse. The Mangole family in Mochudi is one such family that has been afflicted by poverty for years, only for the situation to worsen when their possessions burnt to ashes recently. Mmegi Correspondent, NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE, visited the family for an interview

It was late in the evening when we arrived at the Mangole family home at Matamoreng ward in Mochudi. Members of the family were seated near their burnt two-roomed house. A few meters away from the house were burnt mattresses taken out of the house during the fire on that fateful day.

Salome Mangole and the children waited patiently for the Mmegi team.

Editor's Comment
Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up