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Segoditshane River: Gaborone’s problem child

Segoditshane River PIC: MORERI SEAKGOMO
Segoditshane River PIC: MORERI SEAKGOMO

For the 14 kilometres it runs through Gaborone, Segoditshane River has devolved into dumping areas and crime havens, whilst its low-lying bridges bring frequent flooding to the capital. Major plans for river-front malls, hotels, and tourism that date back to the 1990s remain just “plans”, writes MBONGENI MGUNI

On Wednesday, Segoditshane River did what it has frequently done over the years – breach its banks, run over its old, low-lying bridges, and flood the capital city.

Frustrated Gaborone residents found themselves stuck and stranded wherever they happened to be at the time as the rains intensified and forced the closure of most of the major routes in and out of the city.

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