Of heat stress, health complications

It is early September and only the beginning of summer in Botswana. However, places like Maun have already recorded heights of 36 degrees Celsius. Heatwaves are occurrences that places like Maun have become synonymous with. Maun, the gateway to the pristine inland Okavango Delta, is in the process of being granted city status. The area is a cocktail of both safari businesses and informal entrepreneurship.

Monica Selerilwe, 42, is one of the many street vendors who have had to bear the brunt of the scorching heat as she ekes out a living as a food vendor in the busy Maun taxi rank. It has been a decade now since her food vending business took off.