Making PPPs work
Friday, March 13, 2026 | 150 Views |
Participants during the Mmegi and FNB roundtable event PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The country has, over the past two years, moved to deepen reforms aimed at crowding in private capital. Central to this shift is the proposed Public Private Partnership (PPP) Bill, which seeks to modernise Botswana’s framework for infrastructure financing and allow private firms to participate more actively in the development of public assets such as roads, housing, power generation, and logistics infrastructure.
The push also aligns with the broader Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP), the government’s flagship strategy aimed at diversifying the economy, strengthening industrial capacity, and reducing reliance on public sector spending.
‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and...