'Ga E Golelwe' brings financial independence to women in Motlhabaneng

Many women in Motlhabaneng have never attended formal school, mainly because when they were growing up, it was customary to work the fields growing crops.
 But with the concept of 'Education With Production' that Thuto Ga E Golelwe has embraced, many of them have now enrolled.

 
At 65, Maretha Makwate is in Standard 2. She says designing handicrafts alongside doing her academic work at Thuto Ga E Golelwe has enabled her and her friends to be financially independent and avoid poverty.
Makwate and her seven colleagues have formed a basketry project called "A Re Jeng Ka Mabogo". There were 10 of them initially, but two dropped out owing to ill health.
The Village Development Committee has allocated them a house in which to work. "When we get to school, we read and write first," Makwate says, "then we weave until 4pm when we knock off."