SAN COMMUNITIES STILL TRAPPED IN POVERTY DESPITE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS

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2026-04-23

EENHANA, 26 November 2025 - Helena Ekondo pictured with her family at Opalasa informal settlement. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

By Eba Kandovazu
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)

EENHANA, 23 APR (NAMPA) – Under a large tree on the outskirts of Eenhana, in a settlement called Opalasa, a San family of more than 30 people begins and ends every day in the same fragile space they call home.
With no proper rooms and only makeshift structures known as ‘Omapundo’, built from sticks, wood, and plastic bags arranged around the trunk of a tree, the house shelters children, parents, grandpar...

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