Valiant maid recounts her city woes

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The chief challenge cited whenever experts give advice on personal incomes, is “I simply don’t earn enough”. For some, the phrase is a weak excuse for imprudence, but for others it is a lifelong burden. Mmegi Correspondent, NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE meets once such “victim”

Like other young women dreaming of a better life, 25 years ago *Masego Jackson, then at a tender age of 24, packed her bags and headed for the bright lights of Gaborone.

Before then, Jackson had lived her formative years with her parents at Mmashoro village, a few kilometres west of Serowe in the Central District.

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Valiant maid recounts her city woes

The chief challenge cited whenever experts give advice on personal incomes, is “I simply don’t earn enough”. For some, the phrase is a weak excuse for imprudence, but for others it is a lifelong burden. Mmegi Correspondent, NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE meets once such “victim”

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