Botswana Needs Safe Roads

There have also been many road accidents along the AI national artery. It is accepted that road traffic accidents are the second highest killer after HIV and AIDS. 
The government's take on such calls had always been premised on economic considerations rather than safety.

 
The government has argued that the size of traffic using the road does not justify the cost of constructing a dual carriageway.
It is therefore surprising that recently, the country's leadership that included President Festus Mogae and the Mahalapye-West legislator, Mompati Merafhe, have made mutterings in support of the extension of the dual carriageway from Rasesa to Francistown.