When the roof comes off

'Squatters rights' leave bad taste in Boro

In 2018, Oreneile Shomana swapped the busy lifestyle of Maun for the more relaxed pleasures of nearby Boro, joining her mother to do small scale farming.

All was well until last October, when a fierce storm blew Shomana’s roof clean off her house.

Devastated by the destruction, the 48-year-old sought assistance from the relevant authorities to fix her shattered home.

Assistance, however, proved hard to come by.

“I approached the social welfare offices and they told me ‘ke maipaahela’ (squatter) and they cannot assist me. I went to the...