Tsintsabis (Namibia Africa)

Tsinsabis (Traditional Bushman's settlement). When I drove to Tsinsabis (about 80 klms) I was surprised to see groups of happy, smiling people (20-30 people) every 10 klms or so waiting beside the road. When I asked a local what they were doing he said they were the families working on the farms. It was the end of the month (pay day) and they wanted to get into Tsumeb but they had no transport. By arrangement with the farm owners they would congregate in certain spots and the farm trucks would pick them up and transport them. There were very few bicycles in Tsumeb which I find quite strange. I also found it strange to see people walking along the road many kilometres from the nearest settlement just on sundown. What did they do when it got dark and there was no moon? We picked up a couple of thatch workers who were hitch-hiking from the Cheetah Conservation Park. They wanted to go to Tsumeb at least 40 klms away. They would never have made it before dark if we had not stopped.

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