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Single lane for regional trade

The Kazungula corridor is not just a local road, but a regional trade spine linking Botswana, Zambia and cargo flows headed towards the DRC and beyond.
The Kazungula corridor is not just a local road, but a regional trade spine linking Botswana, Zambia and cargo flows headed towards the DRC and beyond.

KAZUNGULA: A single technical fault has reduced Botswana’s busiest commercial corridor to one functioning lane, exposing the fragility of cross-border trade operations at the Kazungula Bridge.

The Kazungula corridor is not just a local road, but a regional trade spine linking Botswana, Zambia and cargo flows headed towards the Democratic Republic of Congo and beyond.

Since before the Christmas holidays, trucks have occupied one side of the dual carriageway between Lesoma and Kazungula, leaving motorists to share the remaining lane.

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