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The '''Kazungula Ferry''' is a [[Pontoon (boat)|pontoon]] ferry across the 400-metre-wide [[Zambezi River]] between [[Botswana]] and [[Zambia]]. It is one of the largest ferries in south-central Africa, having a capacity of 70 tonnes. The service is provided by two motorised pontoons and operates between border posts at [[Kazungula|Kazungula, Zambia]] and [[Kazungula, Botswana]].<ref>Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.</ref> <br />
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It links the [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]]-[[Sesheke]] road (which connects to the [[Trans–Caprivi Highway]] at [[Katima Mulilo]] and forms part of the [[Walvis Bay|Walvis Bay Corridor]]) to the main north-south highway of Botswana through [[Francistown]] and [[Gaborone]] to [[South Africa]], and also to the [[Kasane]]-[[Victoria Falls]] road through [[Zimbabwe]]. It serves the international road traffic of three countries directly (Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana) and of three more indirectly (Namibia, South Africa and [[DR Congo]]).<ref>Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000.</ref><br />
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In 2003 the ferry was the site of a [[disaster]] when a severely overloaded Zambian truck capsized one of the pontoons and 18 people drowned. The accident was blamed on the lack of [[weighbridge]]s in Zambia to check the weight of trucks.<ref>[http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=6&id=1170838563 Times of Zambia website] "Stiffer law against overloading ready" 7 February, 2007, accessed 1 March 2007.</ref><br />
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In August 2007 the governments of Zambia and Botswana announced a deal to construct a [[Kazungula_Bridge|bridge]] at the site to replace the ferry.<ref>[http://palapye.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/zambia-botswana-reach-kazungula-bridge-deal/ "Zambia and Botswana reach Kazungula bridge deal."] ''Palapye News blog.'' Retrieved 12 November 2007.</ref> The existence of a short boundary of about 150 meters between Zambia and Botswana was apparently agreed to during various meetings involving heads of state and/or officials from all four states in the 2006-10 period and is clearly shown in the [[African Development Fund]] project map,<ref><br />
{{Cite book<br />
|url= http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Multinational__Zambia-Bostwana__-_AR_-_Kazungula_Bridge_Project_.pdf<br />
|title= Kazungula Bridge Project <br />
|last= Darwa<br />
|first= P. Opoku<br />
|publisher= African Development Fund <br />
|year= 2011<br />
|page= Appendix IV<br />
|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><br />
matching the [[US Department of State]] Office of the Geographer depiction in [[Google Earth]]. The planned route for the new bridge crosses this boundary without entering Zimbabwe or Namibia.<br />
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Zimbabwe already has a [[Victoria Falls Bridge|bridge]] into Zambia at [[Victoria Falls]], 70km from Kazungula. <br />
Namibia already has a [[Katima Mulilo Bridge|bridge]] into Zambia at [[Katima Mulilo]] about 150km upriver. <br />
This proposed bridge will give a direct connection between Zambia and Botswana.<br />
But there is still no direct connection between Namibia and Zimbabwe, nor is one planned. Traffic from Namibia to Zimbabwe has to cross to Zambia at Katimo Mulilo, and then from Zambia into Zimbabwe at the Victoria Falls; or over this new bridge into Botswana, and thence into Zimbabwe at [[Pandamatenga]]. In practice, though, there is very little such traffic along this route, or demand. Most traffic between Namibia and Zimbabwe goes through Botswana via Maun, which is a considerably shorter route.<br />
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For those travelling from South Africa to Zambia's copperbelt or Lusaka by road, routes through Zimbabwe are several hundred kilometres shorter.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Kazungula]]<br />
* [[Kazungula Bridge]]<br />
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[[Category:Ferries of Zambia]]<br />
[[Category:Zambezi River]]<br />
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