Is Lisima Lwa Mwono the lifeline to Okavango Delta?
Friday, June 01, 2018
The Okavango Delta is shrinking. But the encouraging news is that there are men and women, who have made it their mission to save the Okavango Delta and it is a dirty and dangerous assignment. In 2015 they did the unthinkable. They crossed into one of the world’s most heavily mined territories in south east Angola – still littered with live land mines – in an attempt to survey the area that is the principal source of the waters of the Okavango.
The National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP), the brainchild of Dr Steve Boyes, is a research and exploration project, “gathering the relevant baseline data in order to support the current and proposed protection, conservation and socio-economic upliftment within this undeveloped system”.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...