Lekhubu Island becomes a �City� for Race For Rhinos

Flying over Lekhubu Island. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Flying over Lekhubu Island. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES travelled to the heart of the Makgadikgadi Pans at Lekhubu Island during the Race For Rhinos event and was stunned by the temporary transformation of the rocky island in the middle of nowhere, famous for its solitariness, peace and tranquility

Lekhubu Island has never been like this before. Lekhubu (sometimes referred to as Kubu) is in the heart of a dead ancient lake that dried into the empty vast Makgadikgadi Pans – the size of Portugal, that keeps inspiring outrageous adventure.

Off-road enthusiasts know Lekhubu as the place that can only be accessed during the dry winter season since no one can dare attempt to drive on the Makgadikgadi wet silt in summer. That, they say, “would be outrightly stupid”.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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