Botswana: New Era College Throws Lenao Lifeline

Gaborone — In the quiet streets of Block 8 in Gaborone, Ms Ketshepile Lenao is stepping into a future she once thought was out of reach.

Not long ago, Ms Lenao faced one of life’s harshest turns. After being retrenched from a diamond company, she found herself navigating uncertainty in the bid to survive, eventually joining the Ipelegeng programme, a government initiative aimed at providing temporary employment.

For Ms Lenao, it was a lifeline, but not the future she had imagined.

“I never…