Mozambique Woos Botswana In Railway And Dry Pot Venture

source: Mmegi
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer

Mozambique has joined Namibia in courting Botswana to build a railway line to its seaport and a dry port. The latest newsletter from the Botswana Ministry of Works and Transport says that Mozambique tabled its proposal in June.

The proposal was made to a Botswana delegation made up of the then Minister of Works and Transport Johnnie Swartz and Permanent secretary Carter Morupisi. Mozambique wants Botswana to consider the establishment and development of a railway line between the two countries and a dry port in its seaside capital Maputo. The Mozambican proposal indicates that Botswana could transport goods through a railway line from Serule to Maputo.

The proposal fits well with Botswana’s transport linkages with the rest of [continue reading]

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