Nswazi invites more tribesmen to leave Zim
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
He expressed his desire to see Bakalanga-ba-ka-Nswazwi who are still in Jetjeni, Zimbabwe returning to Botswana in an interview with The Monitor recently.
However, the 'Zimbabweans' have not expressed any wish to return to their ancestral home. The village chief said when dozens of families of Ba-ka-Nswazwi relocated to the country in December 2006, other households remained behind as they were not eager to return. He feels that they too have to consider relocating to change their lives for the better as they live in inhuman and degrading circumstances compared to their counterparts here."I was not impressed with their living conditions during my visit there last year. They live in abject poverty without food and most basic needs.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...