Brick moulders sink with Gaborone Dam

Bricks prepared for burning chamber PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Bricks prepared for burning chamber PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Along the banks of the dried up Gaborone Dam, Mmegi Photojournalist, KAGISO ONKATSWITSE finds that the parched dam has also taken along with it, the livelihoods of many brick moulders who hitherto had made a thriving business, utilising the water from natural springs and streams fed by the dried-up dam to make bricks.

Editor's Comment
Don't let FMD outbreak drag on

Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...

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