The Struggles Of An Orphan

FRANCISTOWN: She wakes up everyday with absolutely no clue as to what she is going to eat or how she is going to wash her baby without bath soap or washing powder.

The range of clustered mud houses is situated in a home in the hub of the low-income Block One area in Francistown.

The first thing one senses when entering this home is the loneliness that runs the home. It is obvious that she has no much hope for the future. At the tender age of 19, some people only have to wonder how life would be if they did not have their BMW or their penthouse but others have to wonder what they are going to eat or what their children are going to eat - and that is a fact.

Editor's Comment
A promising step for public schools, but...

For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....

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