Reducing water loss could save millions

Leaking pipes cost millions of Pula to the taxpayer PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Leaking pipes cost millions of Pula to the taxpayer PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Conference emphasises environmental accounting

Presenting on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife and Tourism at the Gaborone Declaration conference this week, Dr Jaap Arntzen said the reduction of water losses could have associated direct economic growth opportunities of between P0.2 million and P14.5 million.

Arntzen was presenting on Botswana's foray into using environmental accounting to improve national decision-making. 

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BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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