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Of 'our' billions and backyard banking

Friday, June 28, 2019
Voters will again be asked to trust and believe this October
Voters will again be asked to trust and believe this October

A little over half a century ago a little dusty nation with nearly no modern development to write home about gained independence.

Legend has it that there was ululation and jubilee in the air as euphoria engulfed the dusty, economically insignificant then tiny nation of Bechuanaland.

Many submitted ‘she’ would become a charity case. Forgive my use of the word legend, I say this because it seems as though the so-called independence has not had any impact in the true sense of the word. 

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