Kedikilwe Receives P471 Million DTC Building Key

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What started as a signing of agreement between a group from De Beers and the government of Botswana in May 2006, last week culminated in the handing over of a building that will supply local downstream factories with rough stones in return creating 3,000 jobs for Batswana by next year.

The building, with its high quality machinery manufactured by De Beers' in-house engineers, and not available in the open market yet, adds to President Festus Mogae's legacy as he retires next week.

Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, officially received the key to the P471 million building on behalf of the government of Botswana. The key will, according to MG Gareth Penny of De Beers Group, serve as a 'fly wheel' to Botswana economy.

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