Tlholego is located in the north west of South Africa, which is now divided into nine provinces. Previously the area was Bhoputatswana. In South Africa since the end of apartheid changes have been positive and negative. But these have been slow to be fulfilled.
Progress is slow.
Politicians have not been able to deliver on promises, but things are gradually changing. The previous system forcibly removed people to a barren homelands area, in which rainfall is low and erratic. Families were unable to support themselves and the men usually were forced to migrate to the cities for work, leaving the women and children behind. Families were split. The social system broke down.