Lake Ngami is haunted, claimed Maun Chief

Eight people have drowned in the lake this year. Speaking recently during the launch of the internet Hub at Moremi Primary School, Dithapo said the lake in the past had a reputation for being inhabited by ghosts.  “Incidents about boats which drove themselves in the lake were common knowledge in the olden days before the lake went dry. Personally, I did my primary education in Sehitwa village along the lake and have experiences about the spooky issues surrounding lake Ngami” Dithapo said

Dithapo noted that there seems to be a disregard for indigenous knowledge on the use of the lake. “People from here know that a River has a way, there would know where to swim and where it maybe dangerous to do so. He said, however, recently this has been ignored which may explain high incidents of drowning in the  Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami.