Private sector calls for review of govt levies

Delegates at the Business Botswana seminar held in Gaborone
Delegates at the Business Botswana seminar held in Gaborone

The private sector has appealed to government to review the multiple levies that it says escalate the cost of doing business in the country.

Through their umbrella body, Business Botswana, the private sector stated that multiple levies undermine the competitiveness of firms in general.

Presenting a Business Botswana position paper on the impact of commercial levies on businesses, lead consultant, Lesikalala Gaseitsiwe called on policymakers and government to remove any proven detrimental effect of levies.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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