Citizens want to share in Panda’s economic revolution

Just ordinary people: Villagers in Pandamatenga go on their daily business PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Just ordinary people: Villagers in Pandamatenga go on their daily business PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

FRANCISTOWN: Batswana are determined that the billion-pula potential of the Pandamatenga area should not pass them by as have other economic revolutions in the country such as diamond mining and tourism.

Government, through the Special Economic Zone initiatives and the private sector, is pumping millions of pula into transforming Pandamatenga into an economic engine in the country, where commercial agriculture and tourism will report the export-led diversification and growth sorely needed in the country.

As with diamond mining and tourism, citizens have limitations in the type of doors to open to benefit from the latest economic revolution. The most popular door is employment but unlike diamonds and tourism, commercial agriculture in Pandamatenga is proving more difficult than expected.

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