Cargo now moves on more direct route
THE CONSTRUCTION of the Seshele Bridge at Katima Mulilo marks a major step forward in the development of trade between Namibia and Zambia.
Completed last month (April),
it will be opened to traffic in the near future.
“It will provide a vital link between the two countries,” says Thomas Templin, managing director of Manica Group Namibia.
“Now the trucks will be able to take a far more direct route than in the past, when it was a long way around for them to deliver their cargo.”
Construction of the bridge was started in April 2002 as part of the Trans Caprivi Highway which was developed by the Walvis Bay Corridor Group to cover the 200km from Windhoek to the Zambian border.
A German government donation covered 96% of the US$90million (R576m) cost to build it, with the Zambian government meeting the remaining four percent. The bridge
is 900m long.
