Fresh gridlock grips SACU
Friday, April 04, 2014
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Mmakgato-Malesu
BusinessWeek: Please shed light on the new trade commission we understand the government is establishing.
Makgato-Malesu: It was agreed in terms of the 2002 SACU Agreement that member countries would set up their own commissions whose job would be to set up tariffs and all the other duties of such bodies. SACU itself is to have a tariff board being a regional body linking up all the member countries’ commissions.
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...