Govt to develop first phase of BIUST alone

The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board last week approved a decision by the Department of Building and Engineering Services to award a P429 million tender to a Chinese contractor for a period of 18 months.

The Vice Chancellor of what is to be Botswana's second university, Professor Kweku Bentil, yesterday explained that the government is starting the first phase of the university without a PPP, while the second phase will be done with the participation of a PPP.