Difficult inroads for women in business
Friday, August 21, 2015
Women in Agriculture
At independence Botswana’s economy depended largely on agriculture, specifically beef production and women’s roles in the sector were very much pronounced. Recent studies show that while agriculture continues to be the country’s primary employer, women have struggled to keep their independence era dominance in terms of employment share. According to Statistics Botswana, agriculture accounted for 21.8 percent of the 874,297 jobs categorised as ‘gainful employment’, followed by public administration, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and construction.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...