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Gov’t targets more citizen participation in billboard advertising

Gaborone City Council revised its advertising regulations after determining that the city had become over-saturated with billboard structures.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Gaborone City Council revised its advertising regulations after determining that the city had become over-saturated with billboard structures.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Parliament has learnt that outdoor advertising in Gaborone was historically dominated by foreign companies. “Currently, there are eight companies, three of which are foreign and five Batswana owned, occupying a total of 54 sites within Gaborone City,” Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, said on Wednesday in the House.

He was answering a questions asked by Member of Parliament (MP) for Shashe West constituency, Jeremiah Frenzel.

The legislator had wanted the Minister to appraise Parliament on billboard advertisements in Gaborone and if he was aware that all prime spots for outdoor advertisements have been allocated to foreign companies.

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