Permit rejections rile private sector up

Immigration offices.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Immigration offices.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: The pressure is on for the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) to lobby government over the high number of rejections of applications for work and resident permits renewals.

This comes after members of the business community raised issues with the government rejecting applications for renewal of such permits for their workers despite the scarcity of skilled manpower in the country.

They said this during a BITC Outreach Programme meeting on Monday that aimed to solicit ideas and suggestions from the business community about how the centre can lobby government on their behalf.

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