Basarwa hostels are a children's nightmare

A newly established Basarwa organisation, the Botswana Khwedom Council, has given a new perspective about life at RADs hostels, explaining why Basarwa children often desert the accommodation facilities at their schools.

The Khwedom Council says rampant escapes from the RADs hostels by Basarwa children are caused by poor planning and failure by the powers that be to understand and appreciate Basarwa culture, among others.

Speaking in an interview on Friday, the founding Executive Director of Khwedom Council, Keikabile Mogodu, said the much publicised escapes of Basarwa children from the hostels is caused by a number of factors which can be put straight if stakeholders work together with his newly established that represents all Basarwa in the country.

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