Botswana targets 2027/28 to appoint contractors for Trans-Kalahari Railway

Botswana has set the 2027/28 financial year as its target to procure contractors for the long-delayed Trans-Kalahari Railway project, aiming to link its mineral heartland directly to the Port of Walvis Bay. During his SONA President Duma Boko announced that the project is now being accelerated following the successful completion of bankable feasibility studies. Earlier findings confirmed the line is both technically viable and economically sound, offering landlocked Botswana a vital new trade corridor to export major coal, copper, and iron ore reserves. Because Namibia’s fiscal space is much tighter than Botswana’s, both countries are relying on a public-private Partnership model rather than direct state funding for the Trans-Kalahari Railway. Bankable feasibility studies are now complete, estimating the project at around N$200 billion, with contractor procurement targeted for the 2027/28 financial year.

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