Month: September 2020

Three Generations of Khamas and Netteltons in Botswana Written by Beverley Eikli [nee Nettelton] in discussion with her father Spencer [Ted] Nettelton My sister and I are the fourth generation of Netteltons to have spent time living in the Okavango Delta (and the third generation to have fallen in love there). In 1899, my great-grandfather … Read more

Lesotho’s Food for Work programme in the 1960s. …in conversation with my father, Ted Nettelton, former District Commissioner, Mokhotlong, Lesotho. I’ve seen the photos of literally hundreds of women wielding picks on rocky mountains passes, so I asked my father to tell me more about Lesotho’s Food for Work programme of the 1960s. Here’s what … Read more