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Entrepreneurship ministry kicks off Lobatse leather park development

Raw material: The leather park is supposed to leverage off the Botswana Meat Commission’s slaughter to create a value-added industry PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Raw material: The leather park is supposed to leverage off the Botswana Meat Commission’s slaughter to create a value-added industry PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Developments are finally gathering momentum at the long-awaited leather park in Lobatse, with the land being de-bushed and the ground cleared, amongst other works, BusinessWeek has learnt.

Presenting his inaugural budget recently, Entrepreneurship minister, Karabo Gare told Parliament that the first phase of the project had started and activities such as fencing of the plot and construction of access roads would be undertaken soon.

He said this would pave the way for service infrastructure connectivity.

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