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Member States commend progress on the Limpopo project
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The PSC comprising representatives from the four LIMCOM Member States (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe), as well as project partners namely the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said this at the 6th PSC meeting on 14 April 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana.
The Project Steering Committee (PSC) has expressed satisfaction with the progress made in implementing the “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin project.”
The committee — comprising representatives from the four LIMCOM Member States (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe), as well as project partners namely the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said this at the 6th PSC meeting on 14 April 2025 in Gaborone, Botswana.
In his remarks, the outgoing PSC Chair Commissioner Gilbert Mawere of Zimbabwe urged the project management unit to maintain the momentum, emphasizing the importance of achieving the project’s goals to improve livelihoods and safeguard the basin’s natural resources and ecosystem services.
He reaffirmed the PSC’s commitment to supporting the project’s implementation and providing strategic guidance. “We will continue to support LIMCOM to implement various initiatives across our four countries to ensure the project succeeds,” Commissioner Mawere stated.
New LIMCOM Chair and Botswana Commissioner, Bogadi Mathangwane, echoed this sentiment, stressing that strengthened cooperation among all riparian states is essential to sustainable development in the Limpopo Basin.
“If we all pull together with one shared vision, we will achieve a lot and improve livelihoods in the basin,” she said, adding that Botswana is committed to facilitating deeper transboundary collaboration.
LIMCOM is implementing the project in partnership with GWPSA, through support from UNDP, with funding support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
More information about the project is available HERE.