Botswana road network - facts

It is bordered in the south by South Africa, in the west by Namibia, in the north by Zambia and in the north east by Zimbabwe and in the east by South Africa. This puts Botswana in the centre of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region. As a result of this geographical location, its road infrastructure is put under strenuous condition having to act as the central nerve of transit traffic between her neighbours. Since independence there has been a deliberate policy by the government through Roads Department under the Ministry of Works and Transport to provide road network to link all population centres, cities, towns and neighbouring countries.

The Road Network
At present (2011) Roads Department's road net asset value is P 15 billion, dwarfing other modes of transport such as air and rail in the country.