Entrepreneurs Accuse SPEDU Of Lack Of Focus

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SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Selebi-Phikwe Economic Diversification Unit (SPEDU) came under heavy criticism from the business community here during a consultative meeting at the Selebi-Phikwe Town Hall last week.

Andrew Mosweu of Smart Youth Dry Cleaners said nobody cares about Selebi-Phikwe and the agency was jumping to deal with problems in other places like Bobirwa, Tswapong North and Mmadinare instead of dealing with problems in Selebi-Phikwe.

"I came to this meeting expecting to get feedback on the issues that we raised during another meeting that we held towards the end of last year," Mosweu said. "We told you the challenges that we are faced with in doing business in this town. I am now surprised to hear that you want more suggestions." He said attendance for the last meeting was but only a quarter of the people who previously attended were there now. He warned that nobody would turn up next time because people were losing interest in the agency.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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