Drought Drives Okavango Polers Out Of Business

Monday, February 29, 2016

Low water levels have forced many polers to lose their jobs

MAUN: Drought-ravaged Southern Africa has seen certain tributaries feeding into the Okavango Delta drying. This is much to the detriment of Mokoro polers, who rely on ferrying tourists around the wetlands.

Due to high levels of unemployment, polers relocated to the delta to find work, but now another relocation is imminent as the river which for years had been their source of life is drying up.

In Boro, in the North Eastern part of the delta, there used to be a thriving informal settlement commonly called ‘DRC’, which was established by polers who had come to work in the tourism industry.

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