Botswana bounces back as Africa’s top mining address
Friday, May 12, 2023 | 440 Views |
Released last week, the survey captures the views of 180 mining executives around the world who rank jurisdictions – including regions and countries – according to policy areas which collectively determine the attractiveness of setting up and operating mining ventures in the countries and jurisdictions.
Although Botswana has generally topped the Fraser survey in Africa over the 25 years of its existence, the country first lost ground to Namibia in 2015 and in 2021, was elbowed completely out of the top 10 by Morocco, Ghana, Liberia and others.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...