Govt eyes more tax holiday deals
Friday, August 22, 2014
Boniface Mphetlhe
The Deputy Permanent Secretary in MTI, Mphetlhe, was speaking on the topic of Botswana Investment Climate at the Francistown Investment Forum (FIF2014) that was held this week.
He said Botswana has already signed a number of DTAA with countries such as South Africa, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Mauritius, India and Russia.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...