Debswana - Celebrating 50 years of mining the resource, enriching the nation!

Debswana Diamond Company was founded on a competitive edge of extracting diamonds. This national bread basket leads in ore processing, projects engineering and contract operations propelling the mining giant to the pinnacle of revenue generation and cost efficiency. Debswana boasts an impressive track record – of localised business strategy and expertise human development. 

It is the abundant foresight of leadership committed to the company and its values that has seen the venture traverse 50 years, with promises of more ahead. To paraphrase President Mogae, the economy of Botswana rests on a bedrock of diamonds.

On July 20th, 2019, against the backdrop of a full moon, Debswana weathered the cold to celebrate 50 years, incognisant to the date also marking the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong announcing, “The Eagle has landed”. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy put a monumental goal before Congress – ‘to land man on the moon and return him safely to Earth’.  It would take eight years to reach the moon. NASA, an agency of the United States government responsible for the space programme, ate $25 billion before achieving that goal. On July 20th 1969, astronaut Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon.

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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