Their ancestors were among the very first known inhabitants of southern Africa, but the !Xun San of Platfontein feel like unwelcome guests in South African today.
PLATFONTEIN - Their ancestors were among the very first known inhabitants of Southern Africa but the !Xun San of Platfontein feel like unwelcome guests here today.
The !Xun San of Platfontein want President Cyril Ramaphosa to sit down and hear their concerns, an engagement they say has never taken place. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News"I walked for seven months. Walked and walked. We left with women and children. It was tough. And not a little tough, we had a very hard time. Every day, every single day we walked.""In the morning you’d wake up, pack your stuff and walk again. It was hot and we were hungry.
"Here in Platfontein there are no jobs, we live off of pension and grant money. We just live here without jobs. Our youth just receive short-term contracts to work on farms in Limpopo for example," Saboa explains. "I don’t live well. You see this hole? It’s to pull water, dirty water. And when it rains and the toilet is full of water, those fumes," he says.
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