The Electric Car - A dream by people without electricity!

President Mokgweetsi Masisi is an exorbitant optimist, a good quality to possess when you are attempting to launch a revolution in the car industry.

Promising to change mass market industrialisation with something seemingly far-fetched may not pass as a great reputation to have, let alone acknowledge. President Masisi wishes to see Botswana successfully develop an electric vehicle (EV)

This bullish announcement was first made at a BDP Regional Congress in February 2019, a few days after a return from Davos, Switzerland, where Audi provided 50 green electricity powered EVs for the annual meeting.

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Micro-procurement maze demands urgent reform

Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...

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