Kgaphamadi; where the streets tell

Friday, April 23, 2010

FRANCISTOWN: Walking the streets of Kgaphamadi in Francistown never stops short of revealing something that triggers one's curiosity or something that is sadly worrisome. The marks of an ordinary, cheap and needy lifestyle are very conspicuous.

The streets themselves have a story to tell. Though tarred, they do not have road markings; the reflective yellow line that should show pedestrians where the sidewalk is and the one that divides the lanes simply does not exist.

Pedestrians have to estimate the safest distance beside the road whenever there is an oncoming automobile.Motorists have to do the same whenever they drive in opposite directions to avoid head-on collisions.

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Kgaphamadi; where the streets tell

FRANCISTOWN: Walking the streets of Kgaphamadi in Francistown never stops short of revealing something that triggers one's curiosity or something that is sadly worrisome. The marks of an ordinary, cheap and needy lifestyle are very conspicuous.

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