How to move out of SA�s shadow

Shadow of former things: Hyundai's presence in the country is now limited to a showroom
Shadow of former things: Hyundai's presence in the country is now limited to a showroom

South Africa’s massive economy with its strong industrialisation and large population, casts a shadow across the region in the race to attract Foreign Direct Investment. There are ways around the challenge however. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, speaks to the experts from the world’s largest FDI research institute

Any talk of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and industrialisation in Botswana inevitably touches on the events of Wednesday January 12, 2000 when 900 citizen jobs were thrown onto the street after the inglorious closure of the Hyundai assembly plant in Broadhurst.

On that day, the country’s pride and joy, its very own vehicle assembly plant, closed its doors despite previous assurances that operations will keep going.

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