Dead Old Lobatse Road�s new lease on life

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Long abandoned to the unforgiving bush, the remnants of Old Lobatse Road in the South East district have become overgrown with trees and debris. However, flood damage to a bridge on the new Lobatse Road, means its predecessor could have a new lease on life. Mmegi Correspondent, NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE reports

For most people, Old Lobatse Road, after the Yacht Club access road in Old Naledi, curves and wanders down to the railway line, before proceeding past Commerce Park to the circle where it joins its successor, the new Lobatse Road.

Others more intimate with Old Lobatse’s history know that the original road continues straight after the turn and used to actually run parallel to Gaborone Dam and the railway line, through south-eastern villages such as Otse all the way to Lobatse.

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