The unforgiving Desert Bush Walk terrain

The troops were led by Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane accompanied by some Cabinet Ministers, senior government officials and Members of Parliament. “This annual event is not only popular in Botswana, this year it has attracted about 3,500 people from across Africa and beyond the continent.

The walk is not only branding Jwaneng as a tourism destination promoting sports tourism. It also puts a spotlight on Botswana as a leader in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages,” Tsogwane said before setting off the hikers. He added that non-communicable diseases are a great concern to the government and strategies have been put in place to mitigate the challenge. Hikers came from different areas including Lesotho and South Africa.