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Masisi non-committal on Zambian Omang crossing

Kazungula Bridge PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Kazungula Bridge PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

KAZUNGULA: Following the backlash government received from Batswana and some legislators about a possible Zimbabwean invasion, President Mokgweetsi Masisi is non-committal on a possibility of using national identity cards to cross Botswana and Zambian borders.

A gentlemen’s agreement between Masisi and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa caused confusion last year. So the former decided to tread carefully on border crossing when he revealed outcomes from his talks with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.

Hichilema was here this week on a working visit where the two the Presidents toured the 923-metre long Kazungula Bridge which connects Botswana and Zambia. He and Masisi discussed a lot specifically concerning the Kazungula Bridge which is meant to expand trade and regional integration across Southern Africa.

Editor's Comment
Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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