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The Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer is an ongoing project which is expected to provide two hundred million cubic meters per year to transfer water to the south-eastern parts of Botswana. The scheme involves the supply of water to Gaborone from Lesotho via a 600 to 700 kilometres (370 to 430 mi) pipeline.
The political head of the department is the Minister of Transport, currently Barbara Creecy; her deputy is Mkhuleko Hlengwa. Responsibility for transport is constitutionally between the national transport department and the nine provincial transport departments. The national department has exclusive responsibility for national and international ...
The postal service in Botswana dates back to 1875, when the London Missionary Society established the serve. Back then, pairs of "runners" carried mail between two points on a stretch from Bulawayo in present-day Zimbabwe, to Mafikeng, in present-day South Africa. Later, after the railway had been built, the train replaced the runners on foot.
The Department of Transport is responsible for the regulation of all transportation in South Africa, including public transport, rail transportation, civil aviation, shipping, freight, and motor vehicles. According to the department's vision statement, "Transport [is] the heartbeat of South Africa's economic growth and social development!" [1]
Botswana Railways (BR) was established in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). [1] NRZ had been initially operating the rail system after Botswana had gained independence. Management of the BR is supported by RITES Ltd. of India. [citation needed]
The minister of transport is a minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Transport. List of ministers of transport (since 1989) [ edit ]
As a result of being a previously united system, it shares the same gauge as South Africa, Cape Gauge. In 2023, the Botswana and South Africa's state-owned rail companies signed an Expression of Interest for the Mmamabula-Lephalale Railway link, which would give another connection to South Africa's rail network to Botswana's large coal fields ...