From Cuito to Johannesburg
Friday, April 15, 2016
Driving at twilight is generally hard because visibility is bad. What is even worse, however, is arriving into an unknown, congested dark city at twilight with chaotic motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians all ducking one another in a constant commotion at noisy high speeds and abrupt stops through roads littered with deep crators for potholes. But if you add, driving a heavy right-hand vehicle on a right-hand road (read the wrong side of the road) with headlights covered in mud and your guide speaking a language you barely understand, then you would be close to what I went through when I drove into the city of Cuito in Angola.
It is day three of a weeklong drive through Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa by the land-based expedition team of the National Geographic that is exploring the upper catchment of the Okavango Delta.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...