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Gaborone Dam & Notwane River
Gaborone Dam, constructed in 1964 along the Notwane River to supply drinking water to Botswana's newly planned capital city, is a massive reservoir bounded by dense bushland and rocky granite hills. Beyond its role as a municipal water source and recreational boating center, the reservoir is steeped in urban legend and traditional Tswana folklore regarding the 'Mamlambo'—a powerful aquatic serpent spirit or water deity believed to inhabit the deep, murky depths of the Notwane River. Local residents and fishermen report eerie midnight water disturbances, phantom cries, unexplained drowning clusters, and sightings of a luminous aquatic entity.