Parastatal Boards � What Is The Point?

Monday, February 17, 2014

In the last few weeks at least three parastatals, the Water Utilities Corporation, the Botswana Tourism Authority and the Local Enterprise Authority have treated us to full-page adverts introducing us to their new Board members.

Why, I wonder, did they bother? We are unlikely to hear about these often very distinguished people during their period of tenure – in fact the first we will know that they have gone is when their successor members are announced.

Ten years ago, Jerry Gabaake did a quick check and reckoned then that there were forty-two parastatals in existence.

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