Dead Old Lobatse Roads new lease on life
Wednesday, May 03, 2017
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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