"Village politics" keep progress out of Zwenshambe

With eight wards, namely, Chabale, Mafa, Thobani, Mulale, Ndan'gwa, Phandu, Malobela and Nyuke, this Tati West village in the North East District has a population of approximately 2 000 people, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers.

Back in the 1980s, the people of Zwenshambe were so development oriented that those working outside Zwenshambe became the main drivers of the development programme of the village. Those working in Selibe-Phikwe, Gaborone and Francistown, as well as in South Africa, mainly in Johannesburg, formed themselves into cells and mobilized financial and other resources which they sent to the Village Development Committee in Zwenshambe for specific projects.