GOBABIS – The Omaheke Regional Emergency Management Unit (Remu) distributed more than 1 700 wild melons to San people in the region this month.
The melons are known as tsammas in the San language. Addressing a Remu meeting on Monday, the storekeeper at the drought relief warehouse, Augustine Serogwe, said the tsammas were distributed among 139 San households at Omitara.Serogwe said veld food, which the San people traditionally depend on, had become scarce in the region because of climate change.Remu collected the tsammas on a commercial farm in the area.- NampaAddressing a Remu meeting on Monday, the storekeeper at the drought relief warehouse, Augustine Serogwe, said the tsammas were distributed among 139 San households at Omitara.Serogwe said veld food, which the San people traditionally depend on, had become scarce in the region because of climate change.Remu collected the tsammas on a commercial farm in the area.- Nampa
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