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Mogae’s civil service reforms

From 2007, the majority of the students were sent to locally accredited institutions. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
From 2007, the majority of the students were sent to locally accredited institutions. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Just any leader would love to live an indelible mark in the minds of many people when leaving the office for whatever reasons. Below, Mmegi looks at a few of the reforms in the civil service that took shape whilst President Festus Mogae was at the helm. Many years ago, the government transformed what used to be the Customs and Excise into a robust Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) in line with the Southern African regional dynamics.

Botswana effected the changes at a time when the neighbouring South Africa and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries had switched to the revenue authorities from the previous customs and excise.

The switch to the revenue authorities has given birth to a parastatal called BURS, which handles primarily issues of income tax, PAYE, and other withholding taxes, Value Added Tax (VAT), customs and excise duty, and others.

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