Livelihoods ruined

His proposal is that if the fence is realigned, government must deliver on promises to supply farmers with water from the river, which, once a feature of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, will be out of reach to these pastoralists.

He wondered how possible it would be for government to drill boreholes, or find alternatives for livestock to be watered post inclusion of the river in the park, if they cannot afford to fix the damaged Makgadikgadi fence.