Evicted woman seeks refuge at a police station

Friday, July 13, 2018

Marman's bedding inside Tati Town police station community service centre PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: The harrowing plight of Esther Marman who was forced to seek shelter inside the community service centre at Tatitown police station after being evicted from her home, will certainly send chills down one’s spine.

The Francistown City Council (FCC) formally evicted Marman, a homeless pensioner who is in her 70s, from her Aerodrome home in 2011.

Several senior government officials privy to her predicament, said the septuagenarian was legally notified by the FCC of plans to evict her from her home on technical grounds because her plot was on top of drainage sewers.

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