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Leather Park aims for December production

Value add: Leathern tannery activities could soon kick off in Lobatse
Value add: Leathern tannery activities could soon kick off in Lobatse

The long-awaited and much-anticipated Leather Park in Lobatse could finally be taking shape a decade later, as authorities now expect the first phase of the project to be complete by the third quarter of this year.

The Leather Park has been in the pipeline since 2014 with little progress, a fact that has frustrated authorities and residents in the border town.

The implementation of the Leather Park was said to be delayed by the need for project reconfiguration to address emerging risks from a change in the project scope and location. The declining national herd warranted a review of the project’s business case to determine the minimal amount of raw material required to kick-start a viable leather processing operation.

Editor's Comment
Council leadership squabbles are failing Batswana

“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...

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