ECONOMIC DECLINE: Maun is suffering the effects of the Covid-19
While Covid-19 has resulted in one of the worst economic downturns in modern history, Maun has seen an increase in small business start-ups and creative ways of making fast cash.
Indeed, the tourist town’s Old Mall is now crowded with hawkers.
“When I lost my job at the safaris, I had to buy a bale of used clothes for resale because I have children to feed and clothe and rent to pay. I could not just sit back and use Covid as an excuse for failing to provide for my children, ” explained Lesedi Moje, a single mother-of-three and a street vendor at the bustling Old Mall.