Washed away bridges

Mochudi broken bridge over Notwane
Mochudi broken bridge over Notwane

The news that recent heavy rains in Moshupa had caused a bridge there to collapse gave me much cause for thought. The government has recently spent many millions constructing the new bridge at Ramotswa, is spending a huge amount to get the vitally important bridge at Kazangula in place and has committed more than a billion for the new bridge at Mohembo.

With this kind of money spent on their construction, it is rare for a bridge to collapse, not least because they are designed so that such disasters do not happen. So what happened to the Moshupa bridge?

Why on earth did it so dramatically collapse? The obvious first answer is that it was not a bridge, it was a culvert. To use different words for the same thing may seem picky but the fact is that they are not the same.  A bridge allows water to pass through its piers.

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