BEDIA to embrace rural districts in FDI campaign
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Newspapers recently carried BEDIA adverts titled Invitation to Tender for A Study to Map Investment Opportunities in District and Town Councils in Botswana. BEDIA is looking for consultants to undertake a comprehensive nationwide study of investment opportunities and map them out.
The study, according to the advert, is to identify, quantify and map out investment opportunities in all of Botswana's 16 district and town councils. "The focus of this study is to identify investment opportunities in all regions of Botswana for investment promotion, both domestic and foreign," the advert says.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...