Gov't works on critical minerals strategy
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 1670 Views |
Looking forward: Kenewendo PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Speaking virtually at the Brookings Institute 'Foresight Africa 2025–2030' event held in Washington DC on Wednesday, Kenewendo said it was important that Africa, which hosts an estimated 30% of the world’s critical minerals, prepare itself.
The minister addressed the meeting after President Duma Boko gave a keynote address in which he laid out how Botswana had been able to escape the 'Resource Curse' and had become the global example of prudent minerals policy development and management.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...