Botswana’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Dorcas Makgato, has revived the need for a new heavy haul railway linking Botswana’s Mmamabula area with South Africa’s Lephalale coalfields. Makgato said the project aimed to link coal deposits in both areas with South African heavy haul lines. It could be a gateway to South African ports for the coal market and link Botswana’s mines to the Transnet Freight Rail network.
