01 Aug 2024

Head of delegation who is also Zambia Southern Province minister, Mr Credo Nanjuwa has expressed gratitude towards their working visit to Botswana, which included the tour of Ramatlabama artificial insemination and training centre.

Speaking on the side-lines of the tour on Wednesday, Mr Nanjuwa said they were impressed by the deliberate action the country had made particularly in the livestock industry. 

“We are here to see how best we can ignite and attach the political will to this kind of investment because we too in Zambia are livestock farmers,” he said.

Apart from the developments done at Ramatlabama artificial insemination and training centre he said they were also impressed by the disease control fence erected along Molopo River.

Mr Nanjuwa said the fence was a good initiative as it goes a long way in ensuring that even if there was an outbreak of diseases like foot and mouth in neighbouring countries, local stock would not in any way be affected. 

He said they were also looking to cordon their province back in Zambia to improve their beef industry.

Furthermore, he said the artificial insemination technology was also of great essence as it accorded ordinary citizens to be able to own expensive and exotic breeds at reasonable prices.

Good Hope/Mmathethe District chairperson Mr Fanki Motsaathebe said Botswana and Zambia had long and rich history of cooperation. 

He said the visit would afford the two to share knowledge and come up with African solutions for the betterment of the lives of their citizens. 

“The visit fosters the idea of regional integration, it shows that it is not just an abstract theory,” he said. Ends