A familiar uncertainty sets over the economy
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Hard times: The economy suffered its deepest contraction since Independence in 2020 when COVID-19 hit PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
To use American slang, the economy, which includes business activity, employment creation and the collective aspirations of Batswana, cannot seem to “catch a break”.
The boom economy which stretched from the late 1990s to the late 2000s with diamond and copper production reaching historic peaks, government surpluses rising to similar highs, while poverty and unemployment fell, seems a distant, wistful memory of consistency that policymakers and citizens desperately long for today.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...