Toxic Wild Plant Kills 2 Boys

Kebaegetse Tsholofelo. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Kebaegetse Tsholofelo. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

SAMANE: The small community of Samane, which is approximately 36 kilometres west of Jwaneng, is mourning the death of two boys, after they ate a poisonous wild plant.

Even though it was The Monitor team’s first visit to the tiny village the team did not struggle to locate the two boys’ family as their demise has left the whole community in shock. 

After travelling from Gaborone through the Trans Kalahari highway, our real journey started in Jwaneng where the team had stopped to ask for directions to Samane.

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