Crumbling South African Rail Prompts Botswana to Forge New Route
- South African logistics firm is struggling to transport goods
- Botswana gets unsolicited bids to forge rail through Namibia
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Botswana has received unsolicited bids from investors to build a rail line to a Namibian port that will help avoid South Africa and its disintegrating logistics network.
The 1,500 kilometer (930-mile) Trans-Kalahari Railway project is gathering momentum as Transnet SOC Ltd., the state rail and ports monopoly in Botswana’s southern neighbor, struggles to ship goods, according to Transport and Public Works Minister Eric Molale.