Automotive plant to open in Lobatse

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The Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) is at an advanced stage of funding the relocation of Malaysian company, Pasdec Automotive Technologies (PAT) from South Africa to Lobatse.

Relocation of the company, which manufactures automotive wiring harnesses, is expected to create about 500 jobs.

BDC is expected to invest P52 million in the project with the relocation anticipated to be complete by June this year.

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Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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