Botswana's indigenous food vendors blend tradition with health

STORY: Botswana's indigenous food vendors blend tradition with health SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Gaborone CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food market 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English and Setswana): LESEGO TSHIDI MOTSHEGALETAU, Food vendor 3. various of food market 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMPHILE RASEDI, Customer 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English and Setswana): THANDEKA PULE, Customer 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOHN NDERITU, Dietitian STORYLINE: In the bustling city of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, lies Main Mall, one of the oldest and most eclectic markets in the country. Built in 1963, this vibrant marketplace is home to prolific hawkers, merchants and food vendors, offering a diverse array of flavors and colors amid high-rise concrete buildings. Lesego Tshidi Motshegaletau, an indigenous food vendor, owns a traditional food stall within this market. Her stall is a burst of colorful and flavorful offerings, including Sorghum bran, rice, mill

Biogas energy becoming popular in Botswana rural homes

STORY: Biogas energy becoming popular in Botswana rural homes DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Gaborone CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cooking and lightening by biogas 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Setswana): GOEMEONE KAGISO, Biogas beneficiary 3. various of cattle and chicken 4. various of feeding digester with cattle dung 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Setswana): GOEMEONE KAGISO, Biogas beneficiary STORYLINE: At a cattle post settlement called Gatuma located near Mmathethe village, south of Botswana, Goemeone and Mpho Kagiso have over the past year embraced biogas energy and are enjoying more than just the financial relief it brings. He and his wife own 15 cattle, five pigs and a wide range of poultry. From these, he collects between five to 40 liters of waste a day that he feeds into his biogas digester. Kagiso is one of the 231 beneficiaries of the Botswana biogas project which was largely made possible by funding from the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Development Programme