SA-Botswana cross-border water supply
Botswana, SA negotiate water accord
Republic of Botswana - Gaberones,Botswana
GABORONE - The draft over-arching agreement for cross border water supply is under preparation, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Ponatshego Kedikilwe said. Answering a question in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi, Mr Kedikilwe said the draft would be signed by Botswana and South Africa after completion. Mr Kedikilwe said the departments of water affairs in Botswana and South Africa were already negotiating the deal under the auspices of the existing joint Permanent Technical Committee. He said the over-arching agreement would facilitate the mutual supply of water by Botswana and South Africa from the Orange River or any suitable water source ... Kgosi David Toto 11 of the Kgalagadi South region, had asked the minister if his ministry would consider making an arrangement with the South Africa government to assist Batswana in areas south of Tshabong with water from the Orange River for both humans and livestock. Still in the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, the Assistant Minister of Works and Transport, Mr Frank Ramsden, told the House that the ministry was not in a position to give a definite date for the completion of the Tshabong-Middlepits Road ...
Republic of Botswana - Gaberones,Botswana
GABORONE - The draft over-arching agreement for cross border water supply is under preparation, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Ponatshego Kedikilwe said. Answering a question in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi, Mr Kedikilwe said the draft would be signed by Botswana and South Africa after completion. Mr Kedikilwe said the departments of water affairs in Botswana and South Africa were already negotiating the deal under the auspices of the existing joint Permanent Technical Committee. He said the over-arching agreement would facilitate the mutual supply of water by Botswana and South Africa from the Orange River or any suitable water source ... Kgosi David Toto 11 of the Kgalagadi South region, had asked the minister if his ministry would consider making an arrangement with the South Africa government to assist Batswana in areas south of Tshabong with water from the Orange River for both humans and livestock. Still in the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, the Assistant Minister of Works and Transport, Mr Frank Ramsden, told the House that the ministry was not in a position to give a definite date for the completion of the Tshabong-Middlepits Road ...