Date set for Kazungula bridge construction

Seven years after it was first proposed, the Zambian and Botswana governments have announced that construction on the Kazungula Bridge Project will start on July 12 this year – a move that has been widely welcomed by the freight industry, anticipating further trade spin-offs as the route opens up CAPTION The Kazungula ferry is slow and accident-prone but is currently transporters’ only option for crossing the Zambezi river between Zambia and Botswana.