Govt�s outsourcing hits P560m :: Mmegi Online

By the end of March 2013, the government had outsourced services from 15 ministries, eight independent departments and 16 local authorities with a value of more than half a billion Pula. “The responses show that during the year, there were around 188 ongoing outsourcing contracts valued at over P566 million,” says the 2013 annual report of the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) tabled last week.

The outsourced services so far, include waste collection, security services, repair and maintenance, cleaning, administrative management, and catering. At the time the report was prepared, PEEPA was working with Kweneng District Council, Tlokweng Sub District, and Gaborone City Council to pilot outsourcing of waste management that will include Gamodubu Landfill.

“Experience learnt from the pilot exercise will assist in the development of the planning and roll out of the outsourcing of waste management services in other local authorities throughout the country,” says the report. While, the report hails progress made in privatisation of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited, the same cannot be said about the National Development Bank (NDB).

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