Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park sparks coronavirus fears
Friday, March 20, 2020
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Twee-rivieren borderpost PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP), a wildlife reserve shared by Botswana and South Africa, is still open and accepting visitors despite coronavirus fears.
Despite both Botswana and South Africa closing Twee Rivieren Border Control, which is also the entrance to the park, tourists from both countries can still enter the park, but will have to exit into the country they entered through.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...