Trans Kalahari Project still on hold
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Molefhi
The 1447-kilometre railway line will link Botswana’s Mmamabula coalfields with the Walvis Bay Port in Namibia.
Briefing Parliament on Tuesday, Molefhi said he was uncertain when work on the project would start, as they had not found private investors to assist them spearhead the development, adding that the project was too costly for both governments.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...