Botswana: Mohwasa Acknowledges Losses and Promises Action

Mathathane — A decision meant to spare residents the pain of displacement has instead reopened emotional wounds for some villagers of Mathathane, following government’s cancellation of a road construction tender that would have cut through homes and ploughing fields.

Government recently cancelled the works contract for the proposed 30-kilometre Mathathane-Platjan Border Post road and opted instead to upgrade the existing 27-kilometre gravel road from Lekkerpoet Junction to Platjan Border Post to…