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Leader of Opposition Duma Boko has warned that failure to make inflationary adjustments to civil servants salaries for five years has been tragic in that it has resulted in a huge decline in economic activity, impacting negatively on every sector of the economy. He said government employees are the largest spenders in the economy, hence, if they do not spend, the economy will not grow.

Leader of Opposition, Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has urged Bank of Botswana (BoB) to be firm with commercial banks.

Responding to the Budget Speech yesterday, he said that while it is commendable that BoB has managed to control inflation to foster economic growth, it has failed to rein in commercial banks.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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