The toils of citizen entrepreneurship
Friday, February 20, 2026 | 1070 Views |
Pushing on: Moshoke PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
At some point in 2022, hopes were bright that Payless would usher in a new crop of citizen entrepreneurs in the cut-throat retail sector.
Citizen-owned Ellis Retail, itself owned by Acute Global Limited, had finally sealed the takeover of Payless, the struggling Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) chain which was saddled with debt and on the brink of collapse.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...