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A3 Road DM confident of quality, timely delivery

Moemedi Gabana PIC: INNOCENT SELATLHWA
Moemedi Gabana PIC: INNOCENT SELATLHWA

MATHANGWANE: Team leader of the Okavango Africa Consortium (OAC), Moemedi Gabana, has reiterated that he and his team are doing all in their might to deliver the Francistown- Nata 200-kilometre A3 Road on time.

OAC is one of the few Development Managers who were granted to continue work as the new Government halted multiple projects under the Development Manager model.

The project was awarded at P4 billion, covers 200km of the A3 highway, including the construction of new bridges across the Tati and Shashe rivers, as well as access roads along the villages.

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