Lobatse benchmarks on Francistown
Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Caroline Lesang
One council that was visible at the Francistown Investment Forum Pitso was the Lobatse Town Council, with its leadership taking their attendance seriously.
The investment forum is meant to bring investors from all over the world to Francistown so that it can be the targeted investment centre of vibrancy by 2022.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...