Toil and hardship in impenetrable Gantsi farms

Some of the families who stay at the squatter camp keep warm around the fire PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Some of the families who stay at the squatter camp keep warm around the fire PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Like many other fathers around the world, *Baxho Qhuam harbours dreams of a better future for his children. However, the 34 year-old resident of Gantsi acknowledges that his dreams for his three daughters are a little more fragile than those of many fathers. Qhuam dreams that one day his daughters, two of whom are in lower primary school, with the youngest just two years-old, will one day work as teachers or nurses.

As one of the thousands of workers who eke out a living on the sprawling farms located just outside the Gantsi township, Qhuam readily admits that he struggles from month-to-month to provide for his children. 

His two eldest live with their aunts, while he shares his one-roomed house with his wife and youngest daughter.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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