2.3 IDENTIFYING UNDERUTILISED OPPORTUNITIES ON LIMPOPO RIVER
Most of the National borders in Africa are mapped along with geographical, physical landmarks such as Mountains, rivers, and lakes. These physical features are limited to a function of offering the division between countries. Many economic opportunities programmes can be explored and sheltered in a spatial form in these places to improve the standard of living for the immediate communities and Africa as a whole. Beitbridge border post has Limpopo river used to separate Zimbabwe and South Africa, and it became no-man’s land. Other opportunities that can be explored to earn a living from the river are listed on table 1 below. The identified contextual things can inspire the programmes that can inform the design of the marketplace.
Table 1 Market place opportunities by Author
Description
Opportunities
Fish
Fishing for food security income and job creation
Wildlife
Tourism income and job creation
water
Tourism – income and job creation
No-man land- unoccupied territory
No rules – market for illicit products
between two countries Dam
Fresh water body catchment area For – Agriculture Landscaping for recreation parks
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