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Grandmas Grow Gold in Swaziland Sibongile Nkosi, 70, started growing marijuana near Piggs Peak when she heard that the plant could earn a decent return.Credit.Jonathan Torgovnik for The New York Times Aug. 14, 2012 PIGGS PEAK, Swaziland â After her daughters died, Khathazile took in her 11 orphaned grandchildren without hesitation. It is what a gogo, or grandmother, does in a country where the worldâs highest H.I.V. infection rate has left a sea of motherless children. âGod will help us,â she said. Perhaps. But Khathazile has some insurance in case divine intervention fails: Swazi Gold, a highly potent and valuable strain of marijuana that is sought after in the thriving drug market of next-door South Africa. In a field deep in the forest, atop a distant hill in this arid corner of tiny Swaziland, Khathazile grows Swazi Gold to keep her growing brood of grandchildren fed, clothed and in school. ....