Golden Fruit 'resurrection' set for August

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Sefalana Holdings expects to restart activities at the iconic Golden Fruit plant at Boatle and put product on the shelves by September, marking the facility’s return to life seven years after its closure.

The regional grocer is expected to spend in excess of P10 million and initially hire 20 people as it resurrects the mothballed plant. Recruitment is due to begin in August.

Golden Fruit was mothballed in 2013 amid operational stress, with more than 100 workers losing their jobs. At the time, the then 17-year-old company was wholly owned by the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), which had snapped it up from its founding citizen investors.

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Golden Fruit 'resurrection' set for August

Sefalana Holdings expects to restart activities at the iconic Golden Fruit plant at Boatle and put product on the shelves by September, marking the facility’s return to life seven years after its closure.

The projects magazine in collaboration with Stanbic bank launched the future of mining summit 2024

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