Tarpaulin boosts Seoke�s business ambitions

Seoke.PIC KEOAGILE BONANG.
Seoke.PIC KEOAGILE BONANG.

FRANCISTOWN: From a tender age Reuben Seoke always harboured ambitions of becoming a businessman but for a long time he lacked the zeal to give it a go.

However a tour of Brazil is what the 50-year-old father of four needed to kick-start his business.

“In 2006 I toured Brazil where I visited an upholstery manufacturing factory that manufactures various products using tarpaulin.

Editor's Comment
Time to end informal sector fronting

The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...

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