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BMC courts SEZA, LEA for illusive leather park

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The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) is currently engaging with Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) and Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) to deliver on the long awaited leather park.

Briefing Parliamentarians recently, Ministry of Entrepreneurship Karabo Gare said BMC is also reviving its tannery to have adequate base raw-material for the leather park project.

“To this end given its existing assets, already serviced land, skills and machinery, BMC is courting these state entities to revive the BMC tannery so that it goes back to producing wet-blue tanned leather and in the same guarantee scrutinise adequate base raw-material for the leather park project,” he said. Last year government has committed P379 million to the development of the illusive Lobatse Leather park.

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