CROSSING THE DESERT South Africa’s state-owned freight logistics firm has called on the government to urgently crack down on criminals stealing railway cables. The original goal was to export coal from Botswana, but has since shifted to the fast-developing Kalahari Copperbelt in the West of the country. The Trans-Kalahari Railway project was first signed between Botswana and Namibia in 2010. ALSO READ: ZIM to the rescue: Water-shedding crisis in South Africa
