Economy undergoes structural shift
Friday, October 17, 2014
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According to prominent economist Keith Jefferies, the Botswana economy has now reached a relatively diversified position in terms of GDP but diamonds still precariously dominate exports.
Latest statistics show that the economy is now diversified in production terms with mining’s contribution to GDP having fallen to 26 percent from over 50 percent twenty years ago.
‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...