Trouble in the land of plenty

Sleeping giant: Letsibogo dam
Sleeping giant: Letsibogo dam

Mmadinare is the home village of a 100 million cubic metre water body that is presently pumping 60 million litres a day to the Greater Gaborone area.

In fact, Gaborone and its surrounding areas would shrivel and dry up without Letsibogo Dam, which has now come to replace the failed Gaborone Dam.

While the 500,000 or so residents of Greater Gaborone enjoy the clear, clean Letsibogo Dam waters, consumers in the host village are licking dry lips, thirsty for even a drop.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up