Beggars on beaches of gold

The private sector has the capacity to fund public infrastructure developemnt PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The private sector has the capacity to fund public infrastructure developemnt PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The key to jobs is economic expansion. A major key to that is faster industrialisation of which a key input is infrastructural development.  Government, the lead actor in infrastructure development, faces competing priorities in its budget, while the private sector is loaded with billions to help. So what’s the problem? Asks Staff Writer MBONGENI MGUNI

In 2009, government needed money after the global financial crisis burst into the country, crashing production at Debswana as well as other crucial mines and sectors.

Despite the fact that the local private sector, particularly pension funds, had billions of pula searching for blue-chip investment opportunities such as those personified by government, fiscal authorities looked to the African Development Bank (AfDB) for help.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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