Ezekiel Joel Masilo

Ezekiel Joel Masilo is a senior sub tribal authority (SSTA) for Bobonong taking over from kgosi Mmirwa. Quotes “It was just stories happeneinig to other people and other communities.These days it is real it has even affected our rain patterns”, “We knew that in certain months it would rain but it is no longer happening. Even our elders (mathogo tshweu) are confiused because what they knew is no longer happenening”, “We see people practsiing conservation agriculture whereby we are advised to conserve moisture and to practice new ways of farming” “we are told we should co-exist with thise animals, but they are not animals that can be tamed or put in a kraal” “Our livelilihoods as a community have largely been affcted. People along the border no longer plough because elephants and predators harass them.They fear for their lives”. Bobirwa sub-district in the throes of climate change 13 March 2019