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Gaborone \u2014 In the quiet streets of Block 8 in Gaborone, Ms Ketshepile Lenao is stepping into a future she once thought was out of reach.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
For Ms Lenao, it was a lifeline, but not the future she had imagined.<\/p>\n
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