Selling tswii is sweet but risky too, says trader

Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 19 in the Bible tells us that God cursed man for the sin that he committed saying "By the sweat of thy brow, shall thou eat bread."

He really meant it. For a majority of people for food to be on the table, one has to really sweat.

This is exactly what Keolebogile Matebele has been doing every day for the past 14 years. She has been toiling to harvest and sell the Ngamiland delicacy called tswii.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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