Mosetse-Kazungula railway welcome but...

Friday, September 07, 2018

I was very pleased to read in your Friday August 31 edition about Botswana Railways’ intention to build a railway line from Mosetse to Kazungula. This was one of my ideas when I served on the Board of Botswana Railways from 1990 to 2006.

I was the Chairperson of the Board from 2001 to 2006. During my term, I went to the Ministry to propose that since the Railways were constructing a line up to Sowa, was it not possible to further extend it to Kazungula.

This was because Zambia was having problems using the rail line via Zimbabwe for its imports and exports.

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Mosetse-Kazungula railway welcome but...

I was very pleased to read in your Friday August 31 edition about Botswana Railways’ intention to build a railway line from Mosetse to Kazungula. This was one of my ideas when I served on the Board of Botswana Railways from 1990 to 2006.

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