Cleaning up �death� highway

This past weekend, five young people lost their lives at the intersection of the Molepolole Highway and the Western By-pass, in yet another fatal accident on one of Gaborone’s darkest black spots.

In recent years, many lives have been lost at the intersection and all along the expanded Highway, including a 55-year-old man who lost a leg on impact and died after he was run over two years ago.  In yet another heartrending incident this past January, two people died at the intersection and three others were seriously injured after their vehicle overturned and crashed into a boundary wall.

Known as the Molapo Crossing intersection, the black spot together with two others further west along the Molepolole Highway, popularly known as GIPS and SuperSave, having claimed dozens of lives and left scarred survivors over the years.

Editor's Comment
Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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