How can a Zimbabwean get respect in Botswana?

Mmegi correspondent GALE NGAKANE meets three Zimbabweans to mull the question of Batswana's respect for the migrants.

FRANCISTOWN: Every morning he opens the door of the office he shares with the school's coordinator, KTM College Headmaster for Primary Department, Jonathan Nyanungo sighs with relief.

Locals no longer treat him with scant regard, which they used to do when he first came to Botswana. Because he is now a professional who holds a respectable post of headmaster at a reputable private school, Batswana, notorious for their disdainful attitudes towards foreigners, especially Zimbabweans, are treating him with a lot of respect. When the father of three daughters first came to Botswana, a citizen of this country gave him a taste of the bitter pill of intolerance.

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