New De Beers’ CEO plans downstream partnership with Botswana
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 8720 Views |

New broom: Cook during his meeting with local media last week PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI
Sharing his list of priorities as the new CEO in his first meeting with local media recently, Al Cook spoke about a plan he said Batswana would “be hearing a lot more about”.
“It is about how we expand along the value chain towards retail, towards the point where someone puts a beautiful piece of jewellery on their finger or bracelet or necklace,” he said.
Hurt as he may have been, former president Ian Khama, Sir Seretse’s senior son who was given an opportunity to speak on behalf of the Seretse family, couldn’t mince his words as he took advantage to shred his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi to pieces.He, however, did not clearly mention names but he referred to Masisi as the leader of a political party that was founded amongst others by his father.He would also address him as the former State...