Debswana cautiously optimistic in 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Briefing the business community on Wednesday, managing director Balisi Bonyongo said the ingestion in the diamond pipeline that crashed demand and prices leading to a 38 percent drop in earnings for the company last year, seems to be dwindling.
“Due to the challenging environment, we had to reduce production by 3 million carats from our target in 2015. Despite the sluggish demand, we did not cut our workforce as we redeployed the workers that were affected by the mothballing of the Damtshaa operation.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...