How a need for Speed planted a seed

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Trending: IShowSpeed in Old Naledi PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

American YouTube sensation, IShowSpeed, blazed through Botswana, drawing millions of global eyes onto the country and its attractions. LAONE CHOEUNYANE argues that the success shows how government should retire ‘old thinking,' step aside and allow creative youth to take the lead in national branding

And maybe, just maybe, it's not so difficult after all. Maybe, and please hear me out, maybe we should be proactive agents of self-preservation and crack open the proverbial window lest we suffocate.

Maybe, just maybe, it's high time we let in some fresh air. And I can even bet that it won't cost us an arm or a leg.

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