SACU member states to benefit from reduced trade costs
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Accredited traders in Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa will now benefit from reduced trade costs and simplified import-export procedures.
Accredited traders in Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa will now benefit from reduced trade costs and simplified import-export procedures.
The Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area launched an Energy Efficiency Network in Kasane, Botswana, on Thursday.
The governments of Namibia and Botswana will jointly ensure that robust information technology systems and infrastructure are put in place to improve border management and allow the two countries' national systems to function seamlessly with one another.
The governments of Namibia and Botswana say the objective of the Memorandum of Agreement is to establish a legal framework within which the two countries shall conduct their relationship and set out the modalities of cooperation in relation to the facilitation of cross-border travel using National Identity Cards bet
The use of passports for citizens between Namibia and Botswana will soon be something of the past.
On Friday, the two countries will sign a Memorandum of Agreement to permit the use of national identity cards from each country as travel documents to cross their borders.
Namibia and Botswana are expected to unveil the one-stop border post at the Mamuno-Trans Kalahari Border Post soon, which will operate on a 24-hour basis.
Traffic volumes have picked up on the B2 road as holidaymakers head home after vacations at the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
Two thousand vehicles passed through the Swakopmund roadblock on Monday afternoon.
Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa were awarded the UNESCO Peace Award for cooperation in transboundary groundwater governance and management in Paris, France.
SADC Ministers have expressed concern over the delay in the construction of the Trans-Kalahari Railway connecting Namibia and Botswana.
Ministers expressed these concerns at the ministerial meeting held in Windhoek.
Sister parties mainly from the SADC region called for the strengthening of the bond of friendship and cooperation among former liberation movements as they continue to serve the people.