Hailstorm leaves Matsiloje in despair

When Mmegi team visited Matsiloje recently to witness the devastation that was caused by the heavy downpours that fell on Saturday night around 8pm, an atmosphere of gloom had enveloped households whose property was destroyed by the hailstorm.

Other villagers, though not directly affected by the storm, were also sympathetic to the plight that befell their neighbours. The nursery rhyme; ‘Rain, rain go away, come again another day’, may have been appropriate for the villagers of Mats City, as Matsiloje, a village located on the north eastern part of Botswana, is known by its inhabitants. The devastation caused by the storm is clear for anyone entering the village from Matopi, Zimbabwe, and Francistown to see.