Okavango Delta: Land of contrast and hippos

Friday, February 19, 2016

Mmegi Staff Writer, BAME PIET recently embarked on a five-day working tour of the Okavango constituency and discovered that while the land is extremely rich, it’s a complete reverse for its desperately poor inhabitants

Day oneShakawe Gudigwa and back

Driving from Maun to Shakawe is not a totally remarkable experience although one is greeted by carcasses of cattle along the road between Maun and Sehithwa.

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