by Job Morris | Jan 16, 2019 | Dekar, People
Introduction Ghanzi district is known for its beef. Other literature on livestock production in Botswana asserts that Ghanzi is the biggest provider of beef in the country and produces half of the nation’s beef, for Botswana Meat Commission. So much success has been...
by Job Morris | Oct 1, 2018 | Dekar, People
It has been fascinating for me to try to understand different perspectives when we discuss the issues that beset farm workers. It is true that a lot needs to be done in order to ensure the security of these individuals, for protection during their tenure on farms or...
by Job Morris | Sep 19, 2018 | Dekar, People
It is unfortunate that D’Kar residents are more and more often becoming farm workers, instead of being farmers of their own livestock, especially because there is an increasing and troubling problem related to farm workers from D’Kar. Farm workers continuously suffer...
by Job Morris | Sep 14, 2018 | Dekar
The increasing number of people working on farms is overwhelming. Some researchers suggest that in southern Africa, it is becoming too high a number, but there has been little research done on the people’s living conditions and livelihood on the farms. In...
by Job Morris | Sep 10, 2018 | Dekar, People, San Heritage
I have had the privilege of spending a few minutes with a young group of students who go to D’Kar Primary school. These students are San by ethnicity, and their responses to what I talked to them about were brilliant. The big question was to find out whether...