Stocktheft workshop to be held at Mankwe cattle post
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Selebi-Phikwe Police Station Commander, Superintendent Victor Nlebesi said farmers in the area have been complaining about the disappearance of their livestock. He said Mankwe which is 72 kilometers to the South east of Selebi-Phikwe is the centre to other cattle posts such as Maipaahela, Torobela, Didibeng, Khurumela and Marebotse. He added that cattle stolen from these areas are sold to butcheries in Palapye, Mmadinare, Selebi-Phikwe and Maunatlala.
"Farmers will also be informed about the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in their zones by department of veterinary officers. Clusters from Bobonong, Gobojango, Serule, Baines Drift and Selebi-Phikwe will be present at the workshop," he said.
Here in Botswana, we have many single-parent households, mostly female-led, so what does that suggest? That some fathers choose to ditch the responsibility of caring for their children and leave them to the ones who carry them during pregnancy to do the heavy lifting.Of course, in other dynamics, there are instances where the father wants to keep the baby and the would-be mother does not want to, hence the saying ‘whose body is it anyway’.In...