P1bn needed for Gaborone �Diamond City� upgrade

Dreaming big: The Gaborone Full Council meeting in session yesterday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Dreaming big: The Gaborone Full Council meeting in session yesterday PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Gaborone City Council will need P1 billion to transform the city into a world-class ‘Diamond City’ capable of attracting tourists and investors’ alike, Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa as said.

The Diamond City dream involves the transformation of Gaborone into a tourism and investment hub, with world-class assets, infrastructure, amenities and services in line with the recent relocation of global diamond activities to the city. 

Addressing the opening of a full council meeting yesterday, Nkaigwa said the ‘Diamond City’ status that Gaborone aspires to is still a world away due to dilapidated structures and other sub-standard assets such as roads.

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