Women Street Vendors Providing For Families

FRANCISTOWN: Women street vendors have for long played a pivotal role in the society and their contribution to the economy cannot be ignored.

Enduring the varying weather patterns as they try to fend for their families, they have long dispelled the myth that a woman's place should be confined to the kitchen.

There are those who sit on street corners with small tables and stands before them decorated by a few sweets or bananas, then there are some who confine themselves behind the wheels of some imported small trucks and vans and can be seen beside the road and in parking lots of big shopping complexes.

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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