When the waters rise: The eternal struggle at Lake Liambezi – Windhoek Observer

When the waters rise: The eternal struggle at Lake Liambezi – Windhoek Observer

Each year, as the waters begin their slow and then sudden advance across the plains of the Zambezi Region, a familiar and painful ritual unfolds along the edges of Lake Liambezi. It is not a spectacle for tourists, nor a seasonal curiosity. It is a desperate race against time. Farmers, many of whom have worked these fertile floodplains for generations, scramble to harvest maize, sorghum, and other crops before the rising floodwaters swallow thei…