Cabinet picks Wilderness for Air Botswana

Air Botswana Aircraft PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Air Botswana Aircraft PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Tourism concern, Wilderness Safaris has emerged as the preferred bidder for the privatisation of Air Botswana, the Public Accounts Committee was told yesterday.

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Kabelo Ebineng told the committee that from the 17 companies that responded to the Expression of Interest (EOI), the shortlist has been reduced to two,  but Wilderness was considered as the preferred bidder.

 Asked by Member of Parliament for Selebi-Phikwe West, Dithapelo Keorapetse to confirm reports that government and Cabinet have considered Wilderness as the preferred bidder from the two shortlisted firms, a hesitant Ebineng confirmed in the affirmative. “Yes, I can confirm,” he said.

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