Masisi must pay back fuel levy
Thursday, November 15, 2018
This will undoubtedly help normalise the ever sky rocketing fuel increases.
On 15th October 2018, the Botswana National Front (BNF) released a media statement condemning a similar fuel increase. We are duty bound to release the same statement again, with slight changes, as a result of the latest hike by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security on 14th November 2018. The increase is a direct effect of the recent corruption allegations involving top government officials, including cabinet Ministers and the Office of the President. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) allegedly benefitted handsomely from the illicit transactions involving the National Petroleum Fund (NPF).
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