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Zambia-Botswana-Border May 10, 2021 to 17:14 329 APA-Kazungula (Zambia) The leaders of Zambia and Botswana on Monday officially launched a rail and road bridge and one-stop border post that is expected to boost trade between the two countries and open another route to the sea for other landlocked southern African countries. Zambian President Edgar Lungu and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi opened the 923-metre-long Kazungula Bridge that links the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botsw...

Vic Falls, Bots flights launched Leonard Ncube-Victoria Falls Reporter TRAVELLERS can now enjoy day trips between Chobe in Botswana and Victoria Falls after Mack Air successfully landed in Victoria Falls on Saturday, marking the start of scheduled flights between the two destinations. Mack Air becomes the first airline to offer international scheduled flights between Victoria Falls and Kasane and is expected to provide seamless and scenic experience to tourists around the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) region. It will fly past the meeting point of four countries — ...

MACK Air, a Botswana-based airline, will be making its maiden flight into Victoria Falls from Kasane this Saturday as it launches daily scheduled flights aimed at providing seamless and scenic experience to tourists between the two neighbouring countries. Mack Air becomes the first airline to offer international scheduled flights between Victoria Falls and Kasane and will be using its new Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft, which carries 12 passengers and two crew members, for the 20 minute-scenic flight. The airline’s managing director, Mr Michael Weyl, said the service is expected to boost ...

15th April 2021 Amnesty International (AI) has noted widespread food insecurity in Botswana during 2020 and restrictions on the right to freedom of expression due to the State of Public Emergency legislation. In its 2020/2021 report, the human rights body (NGO) observed that in Botswana, “Police subjected political activists to torture and other ill-treatment and death by hanging was maintained as a punishment for crimes including murder.” Alluding to torture and other ill-treatment, AI stated that, “According to the NGO Ditshwanelo (the Botswana Centre for Human Rights), a 16- year-old...

Tsogwane qualifies his role in controversial Trust Breaking News Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boteti West, has explained his role in the setting up of recreational park in Mokobaxane village in the Central District, which is currently embroiled in a bitter raw over funds. A series of questionable operational activities within the parameters of the recreational park have left members of the community (especially those directly involved with park) feeling hard done. Tsogwane, who is also the Chairman of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), through ...