In March 2026, a failed cargo scanner at the Kazungula border stretched a truck queue for roughly ten kilometres on the Botswana approach to Zambia. Botswana’s government newspaper reported that drivers waited more than four days and that manual clearance of selected trucks prompted complaints about fairness.
A bridge may shorten the crossing, but cargo still has to be processed vehicle by vehicle. One broken machine turned regional logistics into a long order written across the road.