Francistown's self-reliance overdue
Friday, February 07, 2014
His comments follow the presentation of the national budget last Monday by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo. Ibrahim, a respected businessman who is also a past president of the business think tank, BOCCIM, said that the budget on a broad spectrum is promising and hailed Mathambo's presentation.
"Generally it looks promising and the minister did a good job of presenting it to the public,” he said.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...