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Taking meat into Botswana and Namibia
We receive regular questions about taking meat and other fresh produce into Botswana and Namibia from South Africa. Due to the FMD (Foot and Mouth Disease) outbreak in Limpopo, no meat may cross the border from South Africa to Namibia or Botswana. This regulation includes biltong, animal hides, dairy products and eggs. At some of the border posts you might even find they confiscate fruit and vegetables. This means that canned products and UHT products are the best option until this ban is lifted.

AIR NAM RESTORES FLIGHTS TO RUNDU, KATIMA MULILO

Air Namibia has decided to restore its flights between Windhoek and Rundu, as well as between Windhoek and Katima Mulilo. The new flights will operate from Eros airport instead of Hosea Kutako International Airport.

Air Namibia took a decision to change the landing terminal in March, a move met with disdain from many passengers, particularly business travellers. Many passengers had complained it would be more costly and was likely to inconvenience them to land and board flights at Hosea Kutako.

Air Namibia seems to have succumbed to public pressure and recently ran a weeklong notice of schedule changes for flights to Katima Mulilo, Rundu and Ondangwa. Air Namibia had earlier clarified that their decision to re-route flights to Hosea Kutako was necessitated by traffic growth, as well as to minimise costs.

Source: New Era (8 Jul)

RUNDU’S “LAZARUS TREE” INSPIRES CONSTRUCTION OF LODGE

The construction of a lodge may be on the cards near a “miraculous” thorn tree in the northern Namibian town of Rundu.

The thorn tree, known in the local ruKavango language as ‘muhengeva’, at the village of Kahukuru to the west of Rundu fell over last February during a hailstorm - but filled residents with awe when it apparently rose by itself. A group of men was busy cutting off its branches to clear the road it was blocking got the surprise of their lives when the tree “mysteriously rose” into an upright position again.

The “Lazarus tree” has now become some sort of tourist attraction. Businessman Daniel Mukisi has fenced off the tree and intends to build a lodge nearly to accommodate visitors and tourists. Other accommodation facilities are already being built. Construction of Mukisi’s lodge is at an early state and it is unclear when it will become operational.

Residents regard the tree's 'resurrection' as a supernatural event and have requested government to declare it a historical site, but that appears highly unlikely as a parliamentarian sparked laughter in the National Assembly when he suggested scientific research into the mysterious tree.

A chief warden in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in the Kavango region, Phillip Steyn, said at the time of the incident that the tree had probably tilted upright after its branches were chopped off because the top part became lighter than the bottom which was anchored by the root system. Despite this scientific explanation, villagers are adamant that it was a 'supernatural' incident. Taxi drivers also make brisk business transporting visitors to the site.

The Kavango region already has a historical tree at Kapako village, 30km west of Rundu. The Acacia Erioloba thorn tree, known in Rukavango as 'Munyondo gwaKapande', has a thicker than normal trunk and was declared a historical site because of its structure.

Source: allafrica.com (30 Mrt)

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