Homeless
Sexaxa evictions leave Granny, 104, homeless
17 families were left homeless on Friday following Tawana Land board demolition of homes at an illegal settlement in Sixaxa, 15 kilometres north of Maun.
Amongst those who were rendered homeless was a 104- year old grandmother, Maleshoane Kedisaletse who told The Voice that she did not have any other place apart from Sixaxa to call home. “I was born and bred here and that was before the introduction of the Land-board which ordered the destruction of my one roomed house.”
She built the house from her savings from the old age pension and did not think that she was going to save enough money again to build another structure at her age even if she was to be allocated a plot somewhere else.
The old woman said that she had no place to go to except to live under a mophane tree where she had kept a few of her belongings salvaged from her demolished room.
Speaking to The Voice whilst preparing her supper under the tree Kedisaletse said: “I was sick for weeks and whoever brought the eviction letter did not care whether I understood what was written in it or not. They simply dumped the papers on me and proceeded to other yards,thats how I failed to remove all my belonging from the house before most of them were buried in the rubble that ended up at the dump site,” said the old woman about the demolitions which came as a shock to the majority of the settlers.
Area Councillor Tapoloso Mosika of Botswana National Front and some councillors from the Botswana Movement for Democracy who came to show solidarity with the people on the day of the demolitions took some pictures which they said were going to be used to show the nation how cruel the government had been.
DESTROYED: What used to be Kedisaletse's home
“If the government can find it fit to pardon murderers, how does it become so difficult for it to pardon these people?” Asked Mosika with reference Botswana Defence Force soldiers who were pardoned by the President Ian Khama after being convicted of shooting John Kalafatis to death in 2009.
Addressing the dispossessed community Mosika said that such incidents should not be forgotten, especially at the time of the elections in 2014 when the community can show their disapproval of such mistreatment by voting out the ruling party which he blamed for the evictions.
The day after the evictions the place looked deserted as the homeless people had moved to seek refuge inthe nearby farms.Efforts to get a comment from Tawana Land Board hit a snag as the Board Secretary was said to be out of the office.
demolished
Disgraceful and shameful evicting a 104 year old without finding an alternative home for the lady- no empathy at all for a person of her age
If anyone can assist please do pick up the phone or call the Voice if you can assist the 104 year old with a home
““I was sick for weeks and whoever brought the eviction letter did not care whether I understood what was written in it or not. T”
This says it all how vunerable the 104 yearold is and how HEARTLESS the people who did this to the 104 year old
We could be learning from this 104 year old about the past how people lived as well as events that took place during her time and now she is abandoned sleeping under a tree under the stars
My plea to the authorities please do something for the 104 year old for she is vunerable- command some respect for her
Council employees are insane! Heartless as*holes!
My Plea also goes out to the Area Councillor and others including organisations to find an alternative home for the 104 year old before she becomes exposed to the rain, cold PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR SOMEONE OR AN ORGANISATION TO COME FORWARD ASAP TO ASSIST THE 104 year old Lady and giver her shelter
Heish!Tota moya wa lerato, kutlwelobothloko mo babusing o kae goe fa?Tota mo ke go iphokoletsa malatsi abotshelo, imagine a 104 years old mama!Tota hatshe la rona le hetogile hatshe la kgatako ditshwanelo tsa batho ka dinao ba ga etsho!Morena bula magodimo o retololele matlho a gago mo Botswana, lehatshe le go kileng gabo gote kela kagiso, o bone jaaka tshaba ya gago e sotlega, e nyelediwa ke ba ba nang le dithata!
This is not insanity this is cruetly and evil of its worst especially to those who are vunerable and fragile
Please show your support for the 104 year old IN THIS WAY YOU WILL BE SAY STOP THE ILLTREATMENT OF THE ELDERLY AND VUNERABLE God help those who did this to her they will rot
Is it possible to check that the Lady is safe and that someone has come to her aid? One would think that someone would try to get Social Workers to assist her.
Please do not let this story of the lady just go away
This story brought tears to my eyes
tota go ja gone ke mathata fela,ga o thubela mosadimogolo a itshwanela le o tota wa re a ye kae? leng? jang? lare le lwantsha lehuma mme go a pala pliz,90% ya bo maipayafela ke ba humanegi, jaanong ga le thuba lare ba ye kae? gape le thuba eng tota? ka gore o fitlhela ba beile bojang fela mo setlhareng, gape le palelwa ke go ba agela. a destitude like this one, ga o mothubela sentlhaga se tshwana le se wa re a ye kae? puso a ko e akanye bathong. motho wa modimo o kokometse fela ga ana le tsholofelo ya gore o tla bona fa a yang go robala teng.
o tsoga o re o loilwe wena motho wa katapilara. le raya gore mosadimogolo a ye kae?
Tota e tiro nna le ga o utlwa gote madi ba ga etsho nka ithola marapho!Batho ga bana pelo waitse!
2016 kutlwelo botlhoko my foot.this is sad.
There is no mention in the Article whether the 104 year old has any relatives/family . She seems to be alone and abandoned
Shame on the council for evictin a senior citizen how dare they!Cheerful gudluc in tryin 2 lobby for the old lady to find a decent place to stay,if i had something i would contibute but owaii le fa e le koko motho wetsho.
Thank you pineapple
There should be a quick response from someone in authority e.g. Social Services, Area Councillors etc. to attend to the 104 year old and ensure she is given a decent roof over her head. When one is at this age ones life should not be messed up as the case has been.
The other option is for someone to assist the 104 year old to get Legal Aid. She has proof that she has been made homeless with the papers served by the Council and because of her vunerability and age she should be fast tracked on the housing register. As the lady is 104 years she will require someone to be her carer
This story was published on 28TH SEPTEMBER it is now the 12th OCTOBER 2012 and there is no comment from anyone on how the Lady will be assisted- keep on showing your support for the 104 YEAR OLD until some assistance is forthcoming.
1st October every year is set aside for International day for the Elderly let the Elderly peoples voices be heard
If there is no one to care for the 104 year old the best place for her would be a home for the Elderly
Or start up an appeal and set up a building fund to build a new home for her