F'town slowly roars back to life

Friday, May 15, 2020

Francistown Blue Jacket Street PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

Economic activity has returned to Francistown albeit at a snail’s pace in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. This follows the gradual lifting of the lockdown on May 8. The Central Business District (CBD) in Botswana’s second largest city is teeming with people although at a lower rate unlike before the coronavirus epidemic. Mmegi Staffer LEBOGANG MOSIKARE observes

FRANCISTOWN: Life has finally returned to one of the city’s busiest places, Francistown transport terminus.

Passengers from villages within the city’s environs, who literally became as rare as a hen’s tooth following the enactment of the lockdown, are beginning to trickle into the city centre.

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