Beware of Big Brother�s flue

The local economy has traditionally been dwarfed by regional giant, South Africa, which has enjoyed greater industrialisation, deeper modernisation and by far the lion’s share of Foreign Direct Investment in our part of the world.

South Africa’s dominance, at once a blessing and a curse, has stunted local manufacturing with cheaper imports, while simultaneously shoring up local annual budgets through SACU revenues. To some extent, Botswana has benefited by having access to the world-class aviation and financial services located in South Africa, which tourists and investors have leveraged to access our smaller economy.

On the ground, however, Botswana has literally exported hundreds of thousands of jobs to South Africa via an import bill heavily in favour of the regional powerhouse, while the dominance of that country’s firms in local financial services, retail and similar sectors has exposed the local economy to the vicissitudes of the South Africa economy.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

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...

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