Receding Gaborone Dam waters expose church ruins

Gaborone dam
Gaborone dam

The ruins of a church believed to be Roman Catholic and around 86-years-old, have been discovered on the eastern banks of the Gaborone Dam, uncovered by the receding water.

With the dam now below 5.6 percent and at a historic low, objects previously unseen in the years after its construction in 1964 are slowly coming into view.

Earlier this year, members of the Gaborone Yacht Club began noticing brick and mortar patterns around the eastern banks, which in later months could be clearly seen as an altar.

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