Sinking Village Terrifies Residents

Monday, October 19, 2020

Hatsalatladi, a small village northeast of Molepolole in Kweneng is literally tearing apart, leaving gaping holes which residents fear could swallow them up.

Villagers, who have been observing the cracks over the years thinking they were just unfortunate results of poor soils, are now in shock as the cracks are dangerously widening up.

Last week, pictures of huge ground cracks in Hatsalatladi circulated across the social media platforms leaving Batswana in confusion with part of the cracks also appearing on the Molepolole - Lephephe road section around the village.

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