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HB deal a signal of govt’s goals in diamonds

New partnerships: Masisi unveils the logo for HB Botswana on Monday PIC: HB ANTWERP
New partnerships: Masisi unveils the logo for HB Botswana on Monday PIC: HB ANTWERP

While government’s equity deal with HB Antwerp, announced this week, is a clear sign of where the state sees greater value for the country as the major diamond mines reach maturity, analysts are watching for one key factor: scale.

More accurately, those monitoring the deal with HB Antwerp are weighing its scalability.

The three-year-old Belgian firm has built high expectations around what it can deliver.

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The Boko-led administration has to tread carefully

‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...

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