More flooding expected in Ngami, Chobe

Nxotega, which has been dry for over 30 years, is a spillway of the Kunyere River - an offshoot of the Okavango River. At this tributary, which is 14 kilometers west of Maun along the Sehithwa road, there is no need for a hook and bait to catch fish.  Casting a net at the edge of this waterway gives you a huge catch of several fish species in less than five minutes. The heavily surging water is driving the fish to the stream's edges where the flowing water is slower.  

It is Tuesday and the media is here - not for an escapade.  We have been invited by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to witness this natural flooding crisis that last Friday tore apart and sunk the bridge, halting local and trans-boundary transport movement for two days. The road links Botswana to South Africa, Namibia and Angola.