Heavy rains flood southern Botswana

Stranded: Hordes of commuters waiting to cross Taung Bridge PICS: TSELE TSEBETSAME
Stranded: Hordes of commuters waiting to cross Taung Bridge PICS: TSELE TSEBETSAME

Recent downpours in southern Botswana have left behind countless destruction in most of the affected areas, and a lot of anguish for the residents.

From Sunday to Monday, incessant rains literally drenched Ramotswa, Otse, Mogobane and surrounding areas, in the process destroying a bridge between Lobatse and Otse, sweeping away some roads and leaving people’s homes submerged in water. 

Interviewed at Mogobane late Monday under overcast skies, amid the increasingly irksome drizzles, the councillor for Mogobane ward, Sisimogang Abram said the heavy rains started falling on Sunday night.

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