The Plight Of A Vendor

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Lesego Papatso, 31, a mother of three, can be arrested every time when she is at her work place. However,Papatso is not a thief or a petty criminal but just an ordinary Motswana who is trying to earn an honest living.

Even her children are aware of the occupational hazards that their mother is faced with but life has to go on.

Papatso's predicament is that she is an unlicensed vendor at the Gaborone West mall and this has got her into trouble with the authorities. Lately, the unlicensed vendors have been targeted by Gaborone West police officers in their clean up operation.

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