24 February 2023

Botswana & Namibia sign Memorandum of Agreement for use of ID cards to cross borders! [update]

update (28 February 2023): According to a press release by the Botswana Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, the Botswana National Identity Card can be used a travel document to travel between Botswana and Namibia at the Mamuno/Trans-Kalahari border post with immediate effect.

The countries of Botswana and Namibia haved signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to permit the use of National Identity Cards for the two countries as travel documents to cross their borders. The signing of the MoA took place today (24 February 2023) at the  Mamuno/Trans-Kalahari border post, which will be the first along the Botswana/Namibia border to commence the use of National Identity Card as a travel document. According to the Official Facebook Page of the Government of Botswana, the Kasane Immigration Office in Kasane (Botswana), the Mohembo border post as well as the Ngoma Bridge border post will follow suit and the Dobe border post upon completion of the infrastructure and installation of necessary system to be undertaken during the financial year 2023/24.

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