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.

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Public servants deserve better than union infighting

‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...

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