Botswana in mining versus tourism conundrum

Staff Writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA finds that reconciling the interests of the mining and tourism sectors on the international stage will be a challenge for Botswana.

Botswana is a mining field and this is increasingly spreading to all its shores. Sitting on over 200 billion tonnes of coal, the country is marching steadfastly towards turning coal into gold as the diamond era is slowly facing the setting sun.

"As diamonds are a finite source, we have to turn to other minerals especially coal.

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