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SPECIAL REPORT

‘I am totally focused on improving the lives of Batswana’

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Securing the future

In this edition, the DailyNews highlights Batswana’s resourcefulness and innovative spirit in utilising government programmes and policies to tap into and leverage on the country’s economic success for sustainable living.

Olopeng on youth businesses

How light glows at the end of the tunnel

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Bridging racial divides

...as Batswana rise to the challenge

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By Emmanuel Tlale

KHEKHENYE: Kweneng West is among areas hardest hit by poverty in Botswana, which fact is also a function of high unemployment.

As a result government poverty eradication packages have become a honey pot for residents in the Kweneng West belt as they stimulate socio-economic life.

Twent y year- old Olga Tshenolo of Khekhenye makes a living by providing catering services for three government sponsored groups and makes a profit of roughly P3 800 a month.

The Junior Certificate holder is now able to provide for her family, among others, buying clothing for her children.

As a way of sustaining herself beyond the programme, she managed to invest her monthly earnings to fund her tuck-shop, which has employed another young person.

Tshenolo plans to grow her business to the level where it can now supply destitute persons, the sick and orphans under the social welfare programmes with food.

She now wants to upgrade her JC grades by enrolling with BOCODOL. Already, she has bought school material for subjects she wants to upgrade.

Tshenolo says young persons should utilise the programme and change their lives for the better, by investing earnings from poverty eradication to develop themselves and their families.

However, she says for the programme to succeed, social workers should assist beneficiaries with start-up capital, since most of the

By Tshepo Mongwa

TSHOK WE: Be side s f inancial gain and employment creation, the leather industry

also serves as a tool for skills transfer in communities.

Tshokwe settlement, in the Mmadinare Sub-district, about 58km east of Selebi-Phikwe, is one such place where a small leather tannery project has benefited the community.

With a population of about 1 800, Tshokwe has little or no economic activity save for two shops, two bars and eight tuckshops.

Residents rely on Ipelegeng to generate income to make ends meet. Some residents engage in either pastoral or arable farming.

Consequently, the introduction of the leather tannery project, which is the first in the village, has come as ray of hope for the community, especially youth, who are utilising it to gain skills and for financial benefit.

Ts h o k w e S o c i a l a n d Community Development (S&CD) of f icer, Sekhulile

Tannery breathes life into Tshokwe

From time immemorial, hides and skins from both wild and domestic animals have served as a honey pot for many communities especially in the manufacturing of leather products such as shoes, clothing, satchels and bags. Over the years, the leather business or industry has evolved to become a source of income for many families besides creating employment opportunities.

Dreams of Khekhenye youth

Little wonder then, that Kgosi Banika has a duty cut out for her, to bridge

this ethnic divide especially as it exists between black residents on the one hand and their white counterparts, consisting mostly commercial farmers from South Africa, on the other hand.

The settler farmers have ploughed over 32 0 0 0

hectares of agricultural land in Pandamatenga for this year alone, employing a considerable number of residents.

“Bringing members of these two groups into the Village Development Committee (VDC) has helped a lot in solving the thorny problem of the racial divide,” says Kgosi Banika.

Pandamatenga Projects, which is Kgosi Banika’s brainchild, has also solidified relations between the residents and settler farmers, with women from both ethnic backgrounds coming together every week to share skills in knitting, mosaic and quilting as a way of empowering each other.

The traditional leader says the Pandamatena Projects started after one of the white farmers’ wives had seen and took interest in the beanie (warm hat) she had made for her grandchild.

“At her behest, I agreed to teach her how to knit a beanie, and so we met one Thursday afternoon where we had also brought along some of our friends; in the end, there were seven of us meeting every Thursday with more people showing interest in the lessons,” adds Kgosi Banika.

The idea grew into something big and they decided to knit 120 beanies for orphans in the village.

“At the donation, more people showed interest and brought gifts in the form of blankets and toiletries, and from then onwards we broadened the classes to include basketry, quilts, candle-making, mosaic and pot-holders,” she notes.

The project, says Kgosi Banika, has provided a platform for the villagers and farmers’ wives to interact and become friends with each other. Now, with 16 members, including two men, Pandamatenga Projects is no longer just a women’s social club.

It has become a profit making entity as they now export as far as Germany and the United States of America (USA).

“Chobe District Council has also come on board to help

people engaged are poor or under resourced.

She says normally those engaged for catering services resort to taking loans with huge interest rates hence beneficiaries lose out in the process.

Another beneficiary, Kefilwe Matshwae, who is in her second month in the programme, says she is also inteds enrolling with BOCODOL in nearby

Takatokwane or Kang to further her studies.

She says escalating food prices versus the stagnant purchase ceiling by government is likely to defeat the good intentions of the programmes.

She intends to one day operate her own vegetable tuck-shop because. So far, there is no such business in K h e k h e nye an d i t s neighbouring areas. BOPA

Bridging racial dividesBy Ludo Chube

PANDAMATENGA: With a small population of 1 798 (2010), Pandamatenga is fascinatingly a melting pot of an ethnic diversity of Basarwa, Bananjwa, Ndebele, Balozi

and Afrikaaners. Under the leadership of Kgosi Rebecca Banika, the relatively small village is seemingly never short of tales of “confrontations” among its

various ethnic groups that strikingly take place along “racial” lines.

us with the buying of raw materials,” reckons Kgosi Banika.

The traditional leader says once in a while they date themselves on a boat cruise in the Chobe River just to relax and unwind.

While this has been a healthy way to co-exist, there have been a few regrettable incidents, which have threatened this fruitful relationship.

She recalls an incident in which a farmer donated P120 000 towards maintenance of their owned houses, only for P88 000 to suddenly go unaccounted for within six months. “As a result, we came up with a temporary solution to function without a treasurer for some time, banking all the money accrued,” she explains.

Kgosi Banika adds that the change helped them accumulate and save money but at the cost of no developments in the village since there were no withdrawals from the account.

Subsequently, they elected a new committee but to this day, Kgosi Banika says misuse of funds continues to be a challenge.

“So many people have been suspended and fired from the position as a result of this,” she notes

Regarding other issues, Kgosi Banika says crime has generally gone down in the village this year, adding that diesel theft, which was on the rise last year and the beginning of this year has also recorded a notable decrease.

Kgosi Banika notes that as a village, they also did their part by advising those who were falling victim to the theft to ensure that they hired security guards for their property.

“I believe this trend was influenced by construction developments in our village, therefore, I believe this problem will now relocate to Kazungula where construction of Kazungula Bridge has commenced,” she says.

Prostitution continues to be a challenge for the village due to truck drivers who make a stopover in the village.

“Unfortunately some public servants and married people are also very active in this trade, and the risk of HIV infection cannot be ruled out,” reckons Kgosi Banika. BOPA

“Our ambition is not only to see Tshokwe Leather Tannery Group acquire skills and knowledge in leather tannery but also train them in finished leather products ....”

Tshokwe S&CD officer, Sekhulile Nfanenyama (third from right), with Tshokwe Tannery Group in front of the structure constructed under RADP. Photo: Tshepo Mongwa

Manowe buffing the skin with a sickle to remove fur. Photo: Tshepo Mongwa

Nfanenyama, says initially, residents had in some kgotla meetings, proposed to have a leatherworks project in the village as a form of employment creation especially for the youth who had to fight poverty.

N f a n e n y a m a s a y s government, through the Rural

Area Development Programme (RADP), gave the proposal the greenlight and sponsored it to the tune of P250 000.

In August last year, she says, they constructed a structure for the project.

In March, operation started as 12 beneficiaries, among them four males, got training in leather tannery for about five weeks, courtesy of the Department of Animal Production.

“Funds were also used to purchase equipment, chemicals, protective clothing and material such as hides and skins as well skills training, among other things,” says Nfanenyama.

Meanwhile, RADP assistant project officer, Matseo Setlhare, says they still need more funds for the project to manufacture finished leather products as well.

“Our ambition is not only to see Tshokwe Leather Tannery Group acquire skills and knowledge in leather tannery but also train them in finished leather products, such as footwear, bags, hats, clothes, among others,” says Setlhare.

Also, she says they are yet to find a market for their products around the country and beyond.

She is happy that government in t r o duce d t h e p ove r t y eradication initiative in their settlement.

That,says Setlhare, is because beneficiaries have lost interest in Ipelegeng.

M e a n w h i l e , M e s h a c k Bakwena, who is part of the project, says it came in handy in that he is no longer dependent on the poverty eradication programme to make ends meet.

Bakwena says he uses profit from the project to look after his family.

Matshidiso Manowe also echoes Bakwena’s sentiments, adding that now she is able to afford school fees.

Manowe says youth from her village will gain skills from the project to sustain their lives.

O t h e r b e n e f i c i a r i e s , Gosalamang Kanono as well as Dikhutsafalo Mozanaphane, thanked government for initiating the project.

They express hope that the project would grow and expand to become internationally competitive.

In the meantime, the Tshokwe Tannery Project Group vision is to source skins and hides from the village and surrounding areas.

Incidentally, the project is expec ted to catalyse development in Tshokwe besides employment creation for youth. BOPA

Twenty-year-old Olga Tshenolo provides catering services for three government sponsored groups to make a living: Photo: Emmanuel Tlale


By Esther Mmolai

MAUN: Persistent outbreaks of the hard-to-contain Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Ngamiland has had severe effects on cattle farming in the area.The real victims are thousands of cattle farmers who depend on the animals for survival. Kobikoko Hange of Kareng village, south-west of Maun and Vepaune Moreti of Maun, are some of the victims.“I have never sold a cow since 2007, yet I have over 100 cattle that could be benefiting me, and what a drawback this has turned out to be,” laments Hange in an interview.

He adds that he now depends on his children for a survival.

The farmer says while he appreciates government efforts to manage FMD, he reckons not enough is being done given that today the spread of the deadly disease has taken a new

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dimension, which requires proper and bet ter control measures.

“ T h e m a in t e n a n c e o f buffalo and boarder fences is inadequate. The fence has not been maintained for a very long time now,” he complains. He adds that even the envisaged 100 per cent cattle vaccination is not feasible because the cattle population is too high. Most caretakers are elders who have very little energy to run after the animals.

M o r e t i ’s v i e w i s t ha t government must intervene because FMD has impoverished people in the area, and that farming is their lifeline and must be sustained by all means.

“Our boreholes have now collapsed because we can no longer afford to maintain them since we can’t sell our cattle anymore,” he adds.

Usually, the containment of contagious cattle diseases d e m a n d s c o n s i d e r a b l e

efforts in quarantining cattle, vaccination, strict monitoring, trade restrictions, and possibly the killing of animals in the infected area.

T h a t t h e N g a m i l a n d community is one of the tribes which still value cattle rearing in Botswana, not only for their economic importance but also as culture and status symbol, cannot be overemphasised.

Besides economic benefits, cattle are reared for a number of other purposes including bride prize (lobola), inheritance, slaughtering for meat during family functions, and, of course, milk.

The main cat t le rearing areas in Ngamiland stretch extensively from Maun in the east, throughout major villages of Sehithwa, Nokaneng, Gumare, Sepopa, Shakawe, up to Seronga on the northern banks of the Okavango River.

Although there are other a c t i v i t i e s o f e c o n o m i c importance such as arable farming, fishing, and hunting, the livestock industry has been a major factor in the lives of the Ngamiland community for ages.

The only problem with cattle is that they are in an animal diseases prone area including the contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) or lung disease.

Some of these diseases spread extensively and leave a devastating effect on the livestock industry in the entire Ngamiland region because usually during outbreaks, control measures demand restrictions on animal movement, cattle trade, quarantining, vaccinations, and possibly killing of animals in the affected areas.

In February 1995, for instance, farmers in the district suffered the contagious CBPP which culminated in the killing of the entire cattle population in the area to eradicate the disease in 1996.

That was af ter ef for ts to contain the spread of the disease by erecting three emergency cordon fences at areas such as Samochima, Ikoga, and Setata,

Its objectives are, among others, to forge close cooperat ion be t ween communities and the police

as well as to implement campaign strategies on togetherness in the handling of crime occurring around neighbourhoods.

According to the initiative preamble, i t s other aims

to restrict livestock movements, proved futile.

After culling, government offered a range of compensation options to the affected farmers, and, since restocking the area in 1997, cattle numbers have rapidly increased to reach the current estimated population of 500 000, according to official statistics.

H o w e v e r, j u s t a s t h e communities in the area were beginning to enjoy livestock rearing once again, the district suffered brief spells of livestock disease outbreaks, especially FMD since 2007 until 2013.

The recent outbreak of FMD at Kareng in March this year, as usual, prompted the Department of Veterinary Services to place an immediate moratorium on the “movement of cloven-hoofed animals out of, within, and into Kareng, Semboyo, Makakung, Bodibeng and Sehitwa extension areas.”

Once again, local farmers were at loss after hoping to utilise the cattle market presented by the reopening of BMC’s Maun Abattoir.

The moratorium means that farmers will once again neither be able to sell their beasts commercially nor to the local butcheries, particularly because the off-take at BMC is too little given that the abattoir slaughters only 95 cattle per day.

Plant manager, Mothobi Mothobi, says this year their target is to slaughter 24 000 cattle and they have engaged farmers’ associations to ensure consistency in cattle coverage.

He says Maun abat toir is growing hence plans are underway to shut it down to allow refurbishment and upgrade to automated facility.

He says upgrading of the plant will improve efficiency and allow them to slaughter 120 cattle per day.

Although farmers appreciate government ef for ts to deal with the deadly disease, they feel more can be done given a seemingly unrestricted cattle movement.

Meanwhile, in recent interview, Dr Obakeng Kemolatlhe from the Department of Veterinary Services said FMD was under control.

“Things are going in the right direction as the department has done its best to control and contain FMD in the affected areas,” he says.

Thus, he appealed to farmers to join hands with government so that all cattle in the affected areas are vaccinated.

Kemolatlhe says vaccination remains the only best option to control and contain the disease hence the need to conduct an effective exercise in which challenges such as leaving cattle to roam freely in search of pastures and water are avoided.

He says poor vaccination coverage was recorded in zone 2d around the Lake Ngami catchment which poses a threat of FMD resurgence.

Kemolatlhe also says efforts are on to maintain the buffalo fence despite shortage of transport which frustrates their work. BOPA

“Our boreholes have now collapsed because we can no longer afford to maintain them since we can’t sell our cattle anymore”

When community polices itselfBy Olekantse Sennamose

TAKATOKWANE: For some time now, criminal activities such as house breaking, sale of alcohol beyond stipulated hours and other offences common in villages, have been a thorn in the flesh for government. It is in that light that a new concept, Crime Prevention Ipelegeng Progamme, otherwise known as Community Cluster policing, was conceived.

existence, some of those who have seen the programme in action say its benefits are now being realised. Takatokwane assistant station commander, assistant superintendent Jacob Molapong, says since they started engaging volunteers, there has been improvement in crime prevention in their policing area.

“Part of the volunteers’ role is to patrol areas of their communities to establish a rapport through which they can better prevent or reduce the crime rate,” he says.

M olap ong s ays c lu s t e r members are required patrol with police officers all the time.

However, he says, shortage of police officers sometimes makes such impossible.

As such, they have orientated volunteers to always assess the situation and call for police backup when they encounter a situation that needs professional handling.

“Most of the time we advise them to only handle minor incidents as they are not trained police officers. This is done to protect them from any potential danger,” he says.

Molapong reckons volunteer patrols have been invaluable in combating criminal activities such as house break-ins.

“The fact that most volunteers are locals has worked well for us because they know all the corners of the village than police officers. When we look for suspects, they can sniff them out because they know people and relatives around where such suspects are likely to hide,” says an upbeat Molapong.

He also says such nurtured knowledge of the area has also made volunteers excel as informants, which has helped the police to nip criminal activities in the bud.

Molapong’s concern though, is that when volunteers patrol without police officers, they are not that effective because they are limited in as far as incidents they can handle.

“ We have expe r ienced such a challenge especially in settlements where there are no police officers. These volunteers will be operating without hands-on guidance,” he says.

On whether volunteers are given any formal training prior to starting work, Molapong says they only get “on the job training and orientation.”

Despite the challenges, Molapong says the advantages of the initiative overweigh the disadvantages, and that way it can be termed a success that authorities must continually improve.

Incidentally, Bogosi is one of the institutions that also handle criminal cases on a daily basis hence their partnership with police volunteers.

Meanwhile, about 40km from Takatokwane lies Dutlwe village, where Kgosi Motshegetsi

Puleng also sings praises of the programme.

“This initiative has come in handy in addressing social ills such as alcohol abuse. Initially we used to try a lot of alcohol related cases as well as loitering and stock theft which have now gone down to a reasonable level. In the evening, the village would be noisy because of drinking joints that operated until late in the night,” says Kgosi Puleng.

He says since inception of the programme, the village becomes virtually silent as early as 9pm.

Kgosi Puleng’s only concern is lack of equipment for volunteers.

“I think as a way of bolstering their work they should be equipped with batons, torches and handcuf fs in case of imminent danger,” says kgosi Puleng.

Kgosi Puleng cites an incident which occurred sometime last year whereby volunteers had to apprehend a man who had hacked his lover with an axe.

The benefits of cluster policing are not only felt by authorities, even ordinary villagers are feeling a sense of peace. One Lenyatso Lotolo of Khekhenye says as villagers they feel safer since the introduction of police volunteers.

He says small as his village is, petty criminal activities such as assault were a common occurrence in the past especially that most people spent much time at drinking spots.

Lotolo adds that even though the challenge has not been totally dispensed with, it is relatively much better.

“We cannot expect a village to be virtually free of petty crime but ever since these volunteers were introduced, such cases have become minimal. What is needed is to beef up their numbers because I think in Khekhenye, the volunteers are too few and they cannot cope with the population,” says Lotolo.

are to create awareness on crime prevention as a shared responsibility as well as to use Ipelegeng volunteers to achieve cluster and crime prevention strategies.

The initiative first kicked into action on April 1, 2011.

With almost four years in

Lamentations of Ngami pastoralists

One of the farmers, Vepaune Moreti of Maun, says government is not doing enough to combat FMD and to secure beef markets for the Ngamiland community. Photo: Esther Mmolai Part of the volunteers’ role is to patrol areas in their communities to establish a rapport through which they can better prevent or reduce crime. File Picture

ABOVE: An FMD affected hoof. LEFT: Buffaloes are FMD carriers hence efforts are being made to maintain a buffer zone.

Persistent FMD outbreaks have severely affected cattle farming in Ngamiland.


By Kgotsofalang Botsang

PALAPYE: Two years ago, she did not own a house, neither could she put food on the table with earnings from Ipelegeng.

However, shor t ly a f te r acquiring government assistance, Dinah Motenka’s life was transformed drastically.

She now owns a catering company and has constructed a two-roomed house with some of her profit.

Prior to obtaining financial assistance from the Social and Communit y Development (S&CD) office under the poverty eradication initiative, Motenka worked for Ipelegeng on a

Phuduhudu is a Remote Area Dweller (RAD) settlement and residents continue to endure

poverty thereby increasingly becoming dependent on state welfare support.

However, Letsoseng Gaolatlhe, a resident in this small village has defied the odds.

Hers is a true story of success deriving from the pover ty eradication project in that she runs a relatively successful catering business.

Prior to benefitting from the poverty eradication initiatives, Gaolatlhe’s livelihood was characterised by uncertainty after losing both parents and having to feed an extended family of 18.

It was not until she got engaged in the Ipelegeng programme that she managed to build herself a

By Kedirebofe Pelontle

MAUN: Failure is not when one hits an obstacle that frustrates their effort. It only registers when one gives up immediately. Although he did not do well in form five in 2000, Tsheko Lekgoa did not fall into despair.Growing up in an area rich with natural resources in Gunitsoga village in the Okavango has always inspired him to do business within the tourism

By Keith Keti

MOSHUPA: The Recipe Restaurant managing director, Tshepho Gabatshwarwe, has attributed the success of her business to government support and visionary leadership.

A f e r ve n t c o o k f r o m

M m a p h u l a n a w a r d i n Moshupa is of the opinion that the country’s leadership is visionary and does not shy away from helping the youth hence initiatives geared towards improving their standard of living and livelihood.

Successful in her own right,

Churning money out of recipes

Churning money out of recipes

Gaolatlhe: epitome of hardwork, success

By Esther Mmolai

PHUDUHUDU: Situated about 124 kilometres east of Maun in the Makgadikgadi National Park is a settlement

called Phuduhudu. Its location, therefore, makes it virtually impossible for residents to sustain themselves

either through agriculture or other means besides tourism.

one-roomed house.Gaolatlhe happened to hear

about pover ty eradication projects during one kgotla meeting in the village.

She did not waste time to apply for assistance to venture into under the name Lets Beat Catering Company in 2012. It was a life changing move.

She went for a six-week training at Career Dreams in Maun.

Her first tender was to provide catering services for a Chanoga poverty eradication seminar in 2013.

She used the profit to electrify her one roomed Phuduhudu house.

Gaolatlhe also used par t of the profit for her wedding celebrations and bought a small fridge for the business.

“My bus ine s s i s r ea l ly flourishing as at times I make P23

000 a month,” she adds.Gaolatlhe says Phuduhudu is

a small village and her target customers are Ipelegeng workers and the elderly during pay days.

Be s ide s , she r e l ie s on government tenders especially from the council.

She operates from home based and describes her business as creative, fun and challenging,

noting that it requires a high degree of culinary expertise as well as a endurance given the long working hours. She also reveals that it is imperative to be always on time and well-organised and accommodating clients’ needs. The menu offers a wide range of food.

Gaolatlhe is committed to her business and cannot imagine

taking a different route. She says it is the most rewarding

business if run well, adding that “the joy you bring to the client and guests gets you through the most difficult of days”.

The young and vocal business woman has big dreams big in that she sees herself owning a fully fledged kitchen in a big restaurant if not a lodge and employing the youth.

However, Gaolatlhe says transport is a challenge because she depends much on public transport to deliver food. She plans to buy a car before end of this year.

Another challenge she faces is lack oftenders from government departments because she has no trading licence.

Gaolatlhe says only the council is supportive.

Meanwhile, Gaolatlhe praises government for coming up with such brilliant and viable packages under the poverty eradication programme.

She urges other youth to tap into such packages.

Gaolatlhe also underscores the need to exercise patience, noting that most youth projects collapse due to challenges such as lack of passion, patience and commitment.

She says other youth venture into business as last resort after failing to succeed in other ventures.

Gaolatlhe also advises the youth that success of their projects is their sole responsibility, while government can only assist to a certain point.

She says they should appreciate government efforts in assisting them and go an extra mile in ensuring that their businesses survive. BOPA

Gabatshwarwe runs a successful restaurant she set up with funds from the Youth Development Fund to the tune of P15 000 in 2005 with a staff complement of three.

In 2008, she says, she applied for funds to expand the business but government did not hesitate helping her with P48 300 which she used to buy furniture that is a magnet to customers.

She owns a huge chunk of land and structures she acquired through government assistance and intends to lease it to the youth at a reasonable price to enable them to run viable projects.

The passion, drive and love for business have propelled Gabatshwarwe to establish The Recipe Restaurant, a complex which also houses another young entrepreneur, Tshegofatso Nkweyakgosi, who is selling soft drinks.

C o m i n g f r o m h u m b l e beginnings, the 32-year-old expresses gratitude for what government has done for her and

grasp of business concepts. Her market includes individuals, central government and councils, emphasising that there is no threat to the business given people need to eat every day.

Gaolatlhe believes her business is strategically located to attract customers, adding quality of service is critical for business success.

Her customers are mostly teachers and when schools are closed business is slow but she has come up with a strategy to bridge the gap.

She, therefore, challenges the youth to utilise government programmes to better their lives, adding success does not come easy and is not everybody’s cup of tea which calls for a lot of patience and perseverance.

She says government is willing to work with the youth and therefore they should avail themselves for such a partnership for their own benefit. BOPA

hopes it could be extended to other youth.

She says she cannot stop preaching to other people about the good things she received under the programme.

“I am really grateful to Botswana government. It took me from nothing and propelled me to who Iam today,” says an elated Gaolatlhe.

She says government decisions make business and financial sense because buying equipment is expensive.

Furthermore, she says what also fulfills her is that she has created employment for other people.

Armed with only Botswana Gene ra l Ce r t i f ica te o f Secondary Education (BGCSE) at the time of starting the business, she now boasts several cer tif icates from business workshops organised by government.

She adds that such courses contributed immensely to her

Lekgoa hones skills, takes bull by hornssector.

After realising that his form five certificate could not lend him college placement, Lekgoa under took a Small Scales Business Management course through Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL).

It was through such acquisition of business management and knowledge of natural resources and tourism from his background of a village with a Community Ba sed Natura l Re source

Management (CBNRM) that inspired his tourism related business.

His business, Leisure & Travelling Agency, s tar ted operation in 2013 handling bookings for tourists who visit Botswana.

Lekgoa says he realised that tourists make bookings in South Africa to visit places in Botswana such as the Okavango Delta, which therefore positions his agency to provide such services from Maun.

He set up the business with the little resources at disposal, thus one computer but had to contend with a few limitations here and there.

However, he says in 2014, the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture came to his rescue with a P65 000 funding under the Youth Development Fund (YDF).

He says he acquired office equipment and developed a website to market his business.

He also took advantage of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

For the 35-year-old Lekgoa, to venture into business requires passion and hard work.

He encourages other young people to enrol for courses related to their businesses.

Lekgoa also encourages youth to utilise government assistance

How light glows at the end of the tunnel

management, hygiene, financial management and managing customers,” she says about the training she received under the poverty eradication initiative.

After the training, the S&CD bought her a griller, table and 10 chairs, chaf fing dishes, refrigerator and other utensils.

She was also assisted with stock worth P3000 as startup.

Motenka recalls that after setting the business in motion some two years ago, life changed for the better.

Motenka is now focused on running her business..She is currently renting a stall at Radisele market where she sells fast foods.

Motenka also benefits from the Economic Diversification Drive and caters for attendants whenever there are workshops in Radisele.

She encourages the youth to emulate her and use assistance programmes aimed at uplifting the livelihoods of Batswana.

She says jobs are limited in Radisele, therefore, it is upon the community to set up businesses to create employment for others. BOPA

rotational basis. However, it was difficult to

provide for her family during the months she was not engaged.

With limited education, it was not easy either for the 39-year-old to get permanent employment hence she relied on menial jobs to make ends meet.

The situation forced her to look up to government and would only be assisted with uniform for her school going children in addition to school fees.

However, Motenka’s problem was half solved because she was compelled to put food on the table for her family. Like any

parent, she wanted her children to lead better lives and had to ensure they performed well at school.

When the poverty eradication initiative was rolled out at Radisele, she developed interest to start a catering business.

“ I was t aught business

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programmes such as the YDF.“Government has stretched

out its arm and all that the youth needs are skills and passion for business,” he says.

Meanwhile, Lekgoa urges the youth to use funds wisely.

“Have a plan for what you need the money for, use it wisely and avoid purchasing unnecessary things.”

He cautions that the tourism sector has challenges such as

disease outbreaks which affect the market.

O f la t e , h e s ay s t h e Ebola outbreak resulted in cancellation of their bookings since tourists felt Africa was not a safe place to visit.

Lekgoa also pleads with government to consider tourism companies in planning and management of tourism events which he believes will add value to their businesses. BOPA

Poverty eradication programme beneficiaries have praised government for coming up with brilliant and viable packages and they urge other youth to tap into the initiative. File Picture

Motenka at her rented stall where she sells fast food. Photo: Kgotsofalang Botsang

LekgoaThanks to government assistance, this structure is now a favourite eat out for teachers in Moshupa.


Such programmes include bakery, leatherworks and processing, horticulture as well as fashion design and dressmaking. Beneficiaries are free to choose programmes they are comfortable with, depending on variables such as training, passion and talent. For Mohibidu Nkwane of Sorilatholo, passion and talent were the driving force for his choice of leather works and processing. Funded in 1999 under the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP), Nkwane manufactures shoes, belts, handbags and saddles as well as attire for traditional troupes around his village. “I was enrolled for different training where I learnt to design and make a range of leather products,” he says. He adds that his passion

Nkwane finds solace in tannery

By Senkokame Dibeko

LETLHAKENG: Over the years, government has provided Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) with various empowerment programmes to help bring them at par with the rest of society besides economic independence.

for leatherworks did not come by chance. His grandfather was a great tanner who made traditional mats, trousers, and suits using wild animal hides. Nkwane buys hides and skins of animals slaughterd for weddings, funerals and other events. However, he decries what he calls failure by most Batswana to keep animal skins safe. Despite such, he says he is content with progress of his project. “This project is doing well even though there is little or no market in Sorilatholo. I mostly sell my products at Letlhakeng and Molepolole where there is a large population of the working class,” says Nkwane. He says business is brisk despite challenges such as lack of equipment and transport. Nkwane reckons that in the next five years he would love to have his own factory as he is currently

renting at the local market place. “The building is small to accommodate machines and other equipment that my trade requires. I also want to have transport so that I can travel anytime to market my

products and collect hides. I am also planning to open a craft shop along Khutse Game Reserve road where I will sell my products to tourists.” Nkwane also indicates that he will seek advice from Local

Enterprise Authority on how to promote his product s. T h e e ld e r ly l e a t h e r man encourages young people who want to start their own businesses not to shy away from seeking advice.

He also urges the youth to take advantage of government programmes to improve their lives.Nkwane also advises the youth to get into the leather business because it still has a market. BOPA

Ex-soldier ‘super’ with children

By Kedirebofe Pelontle

MAUN: Kenalebetsho Mompati, 46, of Maun, woke up one good morning in 2012 with the urge to run his own business, in this case a pre-school named AU Pair Superkids Academy.

He set up the business with his pension money from the Botswana Defence Force with the help of his wife who is knowledgeable in pre-school education.

Mompati says the desire to provide a place where parents could leave their children under safe hands and well trained baby sitters, motivated him.

He notes that in most instances parents leave their children with maids who treat them badly because they are not trained in baby-sitting.

However, AU Pair Superkids

Academy provides baby care and pre-school lessons to children from two months to five-year olds.

Mompati says he does not regret early retirement since the pre-school business is a lucrative venture.

He implores the youth not to rely on government but venture into business with the little they have since the business will develop and sustain itself with time.

“Foreigners are taking over the pre-school business in Botswana because they noticed a gap in the market,” he says.

Mompati is grateful for the mentorship he receives from Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) which provides him with financial management tips. He says he is able to keep records, bank his income and pay himself a salary like any

other employee which he attributes to LEA’s financial mentoring.

“The financial advice I get from LEA is important because I used to misappropriate funds but now I can account for every amount spent,” he says.

Mompati says he and his staff have training in areas such as letter land and baby sitting from the UK through correspondence as well as THRASS in Zimbabwe to offer quality service to their clients.

His dream is to see the AU-Pair Superkids Academy in Maun operate from its own premises instead of renting.

Meanwhile, Mompati is spreading his wings as he opened another pre-school at Sehithwa village in the Ngami Sub-district in February. BOPA

Nkwane says his leather works project is doing well even though there is little or no market at all in Sorilatholo. Photo: Senkokame Dibeko

By Booster Mogapi

DUTLWE: Batswana are said to have long acquired skill in leather processing.

However and despite the country being an epicentre of the cattle industry which has grown the economy through exports to Europe, development of the leather industry continues to lag behind.

This untapped potential which can help with economic diversification and contribute t o e c o n o m i c g r o w t h , notwithstanding, continues to grow steadily.

Many Batswana are trained at the Rural Industries Innovation Centre (RIIC) in Kanye to nurture and sharpen their skills in different crafts including leather processing. However, many of them continue to struggle to penetrate the market due to either lack of capital or machinery to grow their businesses.

Unlike many, there are those passionate ones who continue to use t radit ional methods to make leather produc t s . Besides, it helps them put food on the table.

I n D u t l w e , Ntshekisang Tebogelo, popularly known as “Radiphate” in the village, continues to make a living from leather.

It is amazing how the 75-year-old, that at such an age, continues to defy the energy sapping process to work with leather.

When BOPA visited his workplace, Tebogelo said after a stint at the South African mines, he came back to Botswana where he joined his father at Mantshwabisi who was skilled in leather processing.

He says after a few months working with his father, he worked for a borehole drilling company after which he left and settled at Dutlwe where he carried on with his craft.

Teboge lo s ays he was prompted to act swiftly after he saw some people just throwing away skins.

It was then that he decided to start working with leather, putting to good use the skills acquired from his father.

The talented and skilful Tebogelo says a ce r t ain whiteman whom he met while still a learner assisted him to enrol for training with RIIC in Kanye.

He says the training imparted him with skills to work better with leather besides the different methods and designs for his products.

Tebogelo says working with leather is not as easy as “eating soft porridge”.

Surviving desert with leather“One has to have determination

to go through the process of preparing leather until the end product.”

He says notwithstanding the idiomatic expression that “it takes two to tango”, he would not have done it had he not met the whiteman and teachers who helped him sharpen his skills in leather processing.

Tebogelo says due to lack of machinery, he relies on traditional methods to make custom designs for his customers.

He soaks the leather in water mixed with “mositshane,” a tuberous plant of the beetroot family, to give the leather a reddish colour.

Tebogelo says it takes up to one and a half months to get the hides ready but they need to be turned over once in a while to make sure the traditional colourant does its work.

Further, he says for the skin

to be workable, it has to be softened and water helps as a catalyst.

The craf tsman says there is a chemical catalyst called

“One has to be determined to go through the process of preparing leather until the end product.”

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mimosa which reduces the time to process the skin from one and half months to about two to three weeks.

He says the problem is that he cannot afford the chemical hence cannot continue using it.

A 25kg bag costs P600 which is too steep for him given the fact that he is not making enough profit from his products.

He says he makes sandals, hats, mats and ladies handbags. Most

of his customers are women.Tebogelo says even though

he has loyal customers he is struggling to penetrate the market.

However, he believes that participating in the presidential art competitions will be helpful as they provide a platform for advertising one’s products.

He says he will forever remain thankful to people who sometimes give him the skins

for free.Tebogelo says he has realised

that some hides have weak fur which makes them not durable, adding that strong fur helps him make better leather products.

He adds that he has been working with traditional dance groups which have helped boost his business. He says they choose the colour they prefer and he gets work done without delay.

Tebogelo says he believes that if he could get the necessary machinery he will be able to work at ease and meet demand.

He insists that some youth drag their feet when it comes to working with skins even after teaching them the craft.

“I have taught some people the skills but many of them are doing nothing at all,” says Tebogelo.

He adds that he continues to work with RIIC so that he also contributes to training those who love working with leather.

He says the leather industry is not for the faint hearted because one has to endure the odour from skins. BOPA

Tebogelo also makes saddles. Photo: Booster Mogapi

For the skin to be workable, it has to be softened and water helps as a catalyst.Photo: Booster Mogapi


By Mothusi Galekhutle

MOOKANE: Orelebe Thebe, born in Mookane in 1980, is a young woman living her dream.Thebe’s fa shion design entrepreneurship was not ushered on a silver platter, neither was it by default.

After she did not perform well at junior school, she decided not to take the academic route when her mother’s cousin, Thatayothe Kutuso, whom she regarded as her mother wanted to send her to a private institution to finish school.

Instead, Thebe opted for a fashion design course and enrolled with Koketso School of Tailoring and Design.

It appears that had been in her blood since tender age given her passion in needle

“I told this couple that instead of paying me with money they could give me the sewing machines”

The trio, 27-year-old Bosiela Kebonyedilo, Tiro Mmereki (29) and Moreri Mesho (26),

took the seemingly dreaded entrepreneurship route unlike many other young graduates

who are still grappling with job hunting after tertiary education.

Theirs started as a somewhat improbable concept back in 2009 while they were still university students. Two were still at Limkokwing University in

Trio makes it with communications

work during her early primary school days.

The now established Thebe believes that doing art at junior school contributed to her dream coming true.

“C grade in art was the only better grade in my JC results,” she recalls.

After completing an elementary course, she worked for Otsetswe Fabrics and Francistown Knitters respectively in 2007 before pursuing a secretarial course at Letlhakane Brigade.

After a short spell, she went to Gaborone where she joined other youth and tried to get involved in fashion design.

She says their efforts did not bear fruit because of misunderstandings.

Later, she attended some lessons at some business institution but because she did not have enough money for

school fees she quit to search for piece jobs.

Thebe found herself cleaning at African Experience Lodge in Mogoditshane immediately after its construction where one Gofamodimo Sethole who was a fashion designer, saw potential in her as she sometimes engaged her to do bead work on wedding gowns.

“She then gave me part time jobs to make beads at P10 per hour,” says the young fashion designer.

Also, she says because she was a hard worker, the Chinese national who operated the lodge hired her for housekeeping.

One day, she says, Sethole advised her to start her own fashion design business since she had potential.

At the time, the Chinese national owned domestic hand straight and industrial over

domestic button hole and domestic hand.

The package also included a cutting board, iron and ironing board.

The same year, she won the Mookane uniform tender again.

Tha t yea r aga in , she participated in a Social and Community Development fashion design competition

and won third position in the Central District.

She also participated in a mini show at Mahalapye and took position one in the female two-piece attire category and second in the male attire category.

In 2014, she was the overall winner of the mini-show

Through a series of odd jobs, Thebe eventually found the bridge to her own world of success and she is now a fully fledged fashion designer.

Her products range from school

uniform, wedding gowns, men’s attire, dinner dresses, German prints and curtains. On average, she makes around P2 500.

Nonetheless, Thebe says at the end of January this year, she made P11 000.

She says she is capable of maintaining the machines because trouble shooting and fixing was part of her studies at Koketso School of Tailoring and Design.

She has a backup generator in case of power outages.

Her dream is to expand her business

to other areas.Her role model and motivator, Pinki

Setlalekgosi of Sprint Couriers, she says, always comes to her rescue whenever she needs assistance.

She says Setlalekgosi has assisted her to build a fashion and design shelter.

The Jesus Five Missions Zion Church member, says she now has a savings policy for her two children.

She has also been able to fence her yard. She spends her spare time doing pottery. BOPA

locker sewing machines.“I told this couple that instead

of paying me with money they could give me the sewing machines,” recalls Thebe, and they obliged.

She says she cleaned yards and built traditional huts to raise money to set up a fashion design venture in Mookane.

Af ter buying material, she won a tender to supply Mookane Primary school with uniform. She continued doing piece jobs to supplement the material she bought.

She says ini t ia lly she struggled to meet demand, and was compelled to supply incomplete sets of uniform.

In 2013, through the poverty eradication programme, she acquired four sewing machines - straight , industrial over lock,

Kedirebofe Pelontle

MAUN: After securing a whooping P93 000 funding from the Youth Development Fund (YDF), three young men based in Maun are happy owners of a lucrative business known as Wilcox Creative Communications

Malaysia, while the other was at the Botswana campus.

The trio says at the time, they used to host events that promoted Botswana and African arts as well as culture to the diverse Malaysian community and beyond.

I n f l u e n c e d b y t h e i r

successes overseas and area of study, Mmereki says after graduation, they focused on a communication related business hoping to succeed in similar fashion.

The business initially operated from home and was registered in 2012 as Wilcox Creative

Communications, dealing in advertising, design and camera works. That was before the trio secured funding.

Tired of operating from home and faced with the challenge of lack of credibility, Mmereki says they moved to a better site in town, thanks to YDF which made it possible for them to secure office space as well as purchase equipment.

He adds that the money helped them to put in place a proper record keeping system, openning a bank account, as well as an office accessible to clients situated at the Maun Old Mall.

The business is doing well given the high number of clients who frequent it, says the young man while bemoaning lack of enough resources as a challenge they still have to overcome.

Although Wilcox has four full time and two part time employees, often demand for service is overwhelming.

Mmereki notes that people should set goals given that business requires experience or background research.

He says teamwork is essential for the success of a business and thus encourages other youth to grow partnerships instead of focusing on profits only.

Furthermore, he says they plan to expand their business to include event management, as well as promoting talent through ar ts and cultural events.

Meanwhile, Kebonyedilo says passion should be the driving force because it gives one the courage to keep on moving even when they encounter hurdles.

Mesho on the other hand, advises the youth to make use of schemes such as YDF to set up or grow their businesses.

He also urges the youth not to be profit driven during the initial stages of the business because things may seem difficult. The trio praises YDF as a good initiative, especially for start-up capital.

However, they say funding for a business such as theirs should be increased because the current amount is not enough. BOPA

Gomotsegang Khama, K o b e l a B r i c k s managing director, is one hard working

woman who has used Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) for a good cause.

FAP was a government initiative meant to stimulate productive employment and diversify the economy. The policy was introduced in 1982, and substantially revised in 1995.

In an FAP evaluat ion, government concluded that the programme had succeeded in creating jobs for the unskilled in a cost effective manner.

Meanwhile, Khama is of the view that government is active in promoting thriving businesses to ensure dynamism and entrepreneurship exist.

She is a determined woman who ventured into a business that many people perceive a male domain.

Her brick moulding and concrete products business, situated in New-Look in Lobatse, has grown in leaps and bounds.

She says she started in earnest with a funding of P8 000 in 1995 and since then it has all been smooth sailing.

Khama started with manual moulds but now boasts three-face hydraulic moulds and electric moulding machines with a staff complement of seven people.

The number of staff is expected to grow as the business is also soaring.

An electric moulding machine produces 12 stock bricks while a hydraulic one produces 24 at a time.

A three - face moulding m a c h i n e p r o d u c e s 10 interlocking blocks at a time. As for a six-inch, it produces four at a time while the four and half produces six at a time.

Khama believes that running a successful business takes strategy, no matter how small the business is.

Govt initiatives boon to BatswanaBy Keith Keti

LOBATSE: A Lobatse based entrepreneur has showered government with praises for introducing initiatives that benefit Batswana.

She says she acquired knowledge and skills af ter mentoring she received from Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) hence the prudent resource management of her business.

She says she developed interest in brick moulding after buying sand and bricks to build herself a house but ended up donating the building material after a friend’s house collapsed due to heavy rains.

After that, she says, people star ted requesting for her services, leaving her no choice but to venture into a brick moulding business.

She supplies individuals, Lobatse Town Council and some companies.

Her product line includes three different types of bricks as well as interlocking material, kerb stones, paving slabs, storm drain covers, concrete feeding troughs and decorating blocks.

Khama says she currently supplies an individual in Gaborone with 100 000 stock bricks, adding her clients are

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always happy with the quality she supplies as well as her service.

She says she always delivers within agreed time frames and strives to meet cus tomer expectations.

She is appreciative of government initiatives. She says government is doing more than enough to improve the standard of living for Batswana.

Khama owns a huge chunk of land she acquired through FAP.

Even though she benefitted from FAP, she is of the view that all government initiatives bear fruit, adding only what is needed is to put them to good use.

She says if Batswana c a n b e l i e v e i n government assistance programmes, their lives will improve. BOPA

Brick moulding in progress at Khama’s brickyard. Photos: Keith Keti

Mmereki, Kebonyedilo and Mesho

Thebe displaying some of her products

Monday June 29, 2015 Page 22DAILYNEWS..... Special report

Youth to have it easy setting up businesses

...while GVS to help them gain job market experience

By Baleseng Batlotleng

GABORONE: Government has exempted youth businesses from certain requirements.

This is part of government’s effort to assist young Batswana with creative and innovative business ideas and plans to achieve their full potential.

As such, young people are urged to develop a positive mindset and take advantage of available economic opportunities that can lead to decent lives.

Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Thapelo Olopeng, revealed this in an interview.

Amongst the exemptions, youth businesses will now buy tender documents as well as register with Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) at 50 per cent discount. Mr Olopeng also says 30 per cent of cattle chasing and cut lines and fire breaks tenders will be reserved for youth.

He says youth who have acquired class B driver’s license at 18 years will be allowed to apply for other classes at 21 years and not 25 as has been the case.

“Upon communicating these initiatives to youth on our regular consultations with them around the country their main concern was the PPADB procedures.

They said registering with the board took up to three months while express registration which requires an upfront fee of P5000 took less than 14 days. My argument was, if it takes 14 days for express registration, why not do everything within 14 days,”

says Mr Olopeng. The minister says youth

businesses will have a grace period of five years without paying lease fees for commercial plots and farms.

“The number one challenge for young people doing business is availability of land.

We agreed at cabinet level that youth should be given a chance to use open spaces for their market in urban and semi urban areas. We have also established land banks in partnership with the ministry of lands,” says Mr Olopeng.

The youth will be allowed to identify open spaces they could utilise to set up stalls free of charge.

Thirty per cent of open spaces in town and cities will be reserved for permanent use by youth businesses.

“The intent is to create a better platform for young people to ride on. Youth will even be allowed to start off with a license for trading that would be recognised by PPADB much as they would recognise a trading license,” he says.

Therefore, Minister Olopeng encourages all stakeholders to be on the same wavelength as they strive to empower young people.

Recently, Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mr Dikgang Makgalemele, told Parliament that the introduction of youth empowerment programmes was a top priority for government and as such several strategies were implemented.

To date, more than 120 projects under the Youth Development Fund (YDF) have been funded with an amount exceeding P100 million.

The fund has so far financed

597 projects to the tune of P239 million in the creation of 2 386 jobs.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications also has two programmes that are

geared towards empowering young people, namely the ICT Incubation Programme and the Roads Maintenance projects for companies owned by young people.BOPA

By Mmoniemang Motsamai

GABORONE: Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Thapelo Olopeng, has underscored the importance of the Graduate Volunteer Scheme (GVS) in imparting youth with job market experience.Mr Olopeng says GVS is basically a volunteer programme that was never meant to be a solution for unemployment. Also, government did not initiate the scheme as some critics would like to believe, says the minister.

Generally, a volunteer is a non-salaried worker; someone who spends his valuable time doing something that will benefit a person, a group of people, or society in general without expecting any remuneration.

“I got very disappointed how this

initiative raised controversies and criticism, after it was introduced despite the fact that the name of the programme itself is self-explanatory; ‘Graduate Volunteer Scheme’; I even visited the dictionary to confirm the meaning of the word,” says Mr Olopeng.

He says government’s involvement is only in as far as assisting the youth with some pocket money towards their volunteerism.

The minister says for a long time the youth, under the National Internship Programme, were sometimes made to wait for their turns, and that during such periods, some of them opted to volunteer.

“When these children are out there volunteering their services, they are bound to incur expenses and that is when government made an effort to assist,” he says.

He adds that government encourages volunteerism as a spirit that has subsisted as far back as 1965 hence the introduction of the P600 token to meet volunteers half way as they gain some job market experience.

He says some organisations, especially the private sector, require employment recruits to have two or more years experience.

As such, GVS will give young people an opportunity to be ready for such requirements.

Mr Olopeng says at the moment, the ministry is still working round the clock to see how the GVS uptake unfolds. Currently, there are 105 applicants registered under the scheme.

The programme is yet to be launched and it focuses on youth from 18 to 35 years.

It will strictly be reserved for government entities for purposes of management, accountability and access to information.

Regarding reduction of unemployment amongst youth, minister Olopeng says his main focus is on the Youth Development Fund, which he intends to use to change the lives of young people.

He says currently he has assigned officers to come up with an informative and systematic database that will address specific issues pertaining to YDF projects.

“We want to evaluate existing businesses to know why they are collapsing and in future consider refinancing those projects that can create employment for more young people,” he says. BOPA

Ref: IS 19/3 III (56) Date: 9th June 2015Vacancy circular: No: 2 of 2015

VACANCY NAME: CARTOONISTS

The Department of Information Services invites applications from Botswana citizens for a 2 posts of cartoonists (1) & Illustrator who are interested in contributing to the Dailynews paper on a freelance basis. DUTIESTo produce a cartoon strip WEEKLY.QUALIFICATIONS: BA Degree in Social Science or related field will be an added advantageSKILLS: a. To be able to interprete the briefb. Must also be adept at communicating with and humor c. Knowledgeable about government policies and programmes

COMPETENCIES1. Communication skills1. Creativity2. Political Savvy3. Attention to details2. Good command of English and Setswana3. Ability to meet deadlines4. Time management5. Plagiarised work will not be accepted

The Department will sign contracts with successful applicants. These will however be suspended or terminated on the basis of poor performance and failure to meet deadlines.

Payment for published work is as follows;Illustration – P400 per Cartoon strip.Interested applicants should submit their proposals and at least three samples of their work to:The DirectorDepartment of Information ServicesP/Bag BR 139GaboroneClosing Date: 14 July 2015

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