Horticultural Market on the brink

Tough times: Business is drying up at the market
Tough times: Business is drying up at the market

The Botswana Horticultural Market’s (BHM) P50 million turnaround plan has collapsed and it failed to gain the support of key stakeholders.

BHM chief executive officer, Simon Meti said one of the shareholders, Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) has pulled out from funding the turnaround plan after expressing doubts over the project’s viability.

Last year, government through BHM engaged a South African company, Brand New Harvest as a consultant to come up with a strategy to revive the market.

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