The tragic fate of the ‘old’ ferry

It sits at the Quadripoint, just below the far-reaching steel and concrete of the Kazungula Bridge. Like a veteran benched after a long and bruising career the old horse was once the crossing, but now he is the backdrop. For decades, the Kazungula ferry a broad, motorised pontoon of grit and roar carried the hopes of traders, the impatience of truck drivers and the nervous excitement of travellers crossing the 400-metre stretch of the Zambezi River between Botswana and Zambia.

The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his…