SONA falls flat in Phikwe

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SELEBI-PHIKWE: Residents here, among them political leaders, say President Ian Khama’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) lacked eagerly awaited details of the plans to revitalise the town.

Lesego Moffat said he had expected President Khama to give a detailed report on the government’s measures that are in place to address the situation in Selebi-Phikwe and to ensure that the town does not turn into a ghost town.

He added that though the President mentioned that there is an economic revitalisation strategy for SPEDU region, he should have gone into details of how exactly it is going to provide solutions.

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