Mmegi30yrs: Three decades of glowing business reportage
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Today the business section reflects the mature and modern possessing the depth and skill set to accurately provide high quality reportage on sophisticated financial markets, trade negotiations among the entire plethora of business and economic activities and issues.
When the first issue hit the streets three decades ago, Botswana was in the middle of transforming from a low-income agrarian-based economy to today’s mineral-led economy.
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...