Diamond exports rise in February
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Diamond sales are on the recovery
In February this year, the country exported P6.35 billion worth of diamonds, indicating a 16.4% increase from P5.45 billion over the corresponding month last year, according to recent data from Statistics Botswana (SB).
More telling, however, is that February diamond exports increased 7.2% or P424.2 million to P6.35 billion from P5.92 billion in January 2017.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...