SMEs decry civil servants’ participation in gov’t tenders
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At a Private-Public Dialogue held by Business Botswana on Tuesday, small business owners denounced corrupt practices by some civil servants during the public procurement process.
SMEs noted that since the repeal of the ban on civil servants participating in government tenders, they had struggled to compete for tenders against businesses owned by people already working in the government.
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