Ranti inherited his farmland from his parents. A piece of land has been in the family for three generations. His parents before him lived from it. It was everything to them.

The village leaders have been holding several meetings with the government officials for days now and the villagers were beginning to wonder what was going on.

The early morning hours of silence was broken by the sound of the messenger’s drum. Everybody started walking towards the kgotla (meeting place). Finally, they were going to be informed about the government officials visit to the village.

The chief introduced the officials to the gathering and gave them permission to address the villagers. The government wants to make some developments, like roads and shopping centers, only to mention a few. The government needs some land for those developments. Villagers were told that some of their lands is going to be affected by the development, as the road was going to go through them. They were told that, they will get compensation for their lost.