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        <title><![CDATA[Where the sea meets the skyline]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[XIAMEN, CHINA: In the southeast corner of China, perched gracefully along the edge of the Taiwan Strait, lies a city that seems to have mastered the art of balance. Xiamen is a pla...]]></description>
        <author>Tsaone Basimanebotlhe</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Turkish glees, language barrier]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ISTANBUL: Istanbul, the enchanting city that straddles Europe and Asia, is a treasure trove of exquisiteness, history and culture. Its stunning architectural splendour, vibrant mar...]]></description>
        <author>Ryder Gabathuse</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lessons from KwaZulu-Natal for Botswana’s tourism future]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As I watched KZN confidently sell its story, I found myself reflecting deeply not just on the experiences I was having, but on what Botswana could be if we embraced tourism the way...]]></description>
        <author>Sharon Mathala</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 18:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Study reveals global mistrust of AI]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Key findings:The intelligent age has arrived – 66% of people use AI regularly, and 83% believe the use of AI will result in a wide range of benefits.Led by Professor Nicole Gillesp...]]></description>
        <author>correspondent</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Botswana tourism needs a revamp]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A recent visit to South Africa’s Mpumalanga, Gauteng, and Western Cape provinces demonstrated how structured provincial tourism can boost visitor experiences, economic activity, an...]]></description>
        <author>Otlarongwa Kgweetsi</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Inside the President&#039;s office]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Indeed in the dramatic, almost surreal moment of transition that took place in the heart of the country&#39;s seat of power, former president Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday handed ove...]]></description>
        <author>Sharon Mathala</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stigma stands stubborn after 40 years of HIV]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[“After I delivered the baby at the hospital, no one wanted to touch her, I was the one who was doing everything by myself even though there were older people at the house.“I realis...]]></description>
        <author>Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 12:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sand dunes, kilometres, camels, cold and sweat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This time around planning for this trip was much easier because it was local. We decided to camp and self-cater. Mpinie Olopeng, being the captain of the team, ensured that transpo...]]></description>
        <author>Mompoloki Rankgate</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Learning the lessons from the Lesedi la Rona sabotage]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In June 2016, Lucara Diamond Corp’s 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona, the largest diamond recovered in a century and the pride of the country, failed to sell at widely livestreamed aucti...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 09:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My life and times at Mmegi—Part 2]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Reporters can attest to this; you never forget your first byline in the newspaper. Even to this day, I still love seeing my byline in the newspaper. My first article in the newspap...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Storm brews over planned lodges on Chobe River front]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has invited 100% citizen owned businesses and consortiums to submit expressions of interest for eight new to...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Putin chose war:  We remain united with Ukraine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But the people of Ukraine are resilient. They’ve had a democracy for decades, and their bravery is inspiring the world. The United States, together with our Allies and partners acr...]]></description>
        <author>Ambassador Craig L. Cloud</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How the Russia, Ukraine war will hit your pocket]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As at the end of February, authorities at the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA), estimate the local petrol pump prices were, on average, P1.25 below the actual cost of su...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chobe Zambezi dream moves closer to reality]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All the dams that can plausibly be built in the country, have already been built, says Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) CEO, Gaselemogwe Senai.At present and forecast rates of con...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rising prices anchor local base metal bounce-back]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Copper and nickel production is set to resume in the country, six years after all the country’s mines closed. Investors are leveraging on stronger base metal prices to finalise acq...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From waiter to MD: Lempheditse Odumetse&#039;s rise]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mmegi: Please give a brief outline of your career path leading to your current positionOdumetse: Having completed my high schooling in 1996, I was employed at The Duck Inn, a famou...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The politics of weaning Africa off coal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[“Someone came to me and said renewable energy will create 330,000 jobs in South Africa and I said give me the formula looking at the 90,000 jobs we have in coal.“I have not found t...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lack of opportunities, unemployment worry Panda residents]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Norman Songa (34)I am a resident, I was born here. I was in Kasane and Kazungula a few years ago but since I got here, I have realised that there are no formal employment opportuni...]]></description>
        <author>Mompati Tlhankane,Chakalisa Dube</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reaching for the sky: Major solar projects finally kick off]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Local clean energy firm, Sustainable Energy Botswana, calls it “letting the sun do the work,” a reference to the potential solar power has in transforming the country’s electricity...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The monkey on the back of govt&#039;s &quot;best laid&#039; fiscal plans]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.mmegi.bw/features/the-monkey-on-the-back-of-govts-best-laid-fiscal-plans/news]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[In his response to the 2022 Budget Speech this week, former Finance Minister, Thapelo Matsheka, took legislators down memory lane, recalling how the Budget Speech of 1997 spoke to...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tone set for NDP12 but glaring omissions still exist]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Whilst previous ministers had touched on much of the same issues, this time it felt as if the issues were getting the due attention they deserve. It felt like the ministry and mini...]]></description>
        <author>Mphoeng Mphoeng</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One in five households is ‘multidimensionally’ poor]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While the leading indicator of poverty is monetary income, global experts are increasingly studying the different dimensions of hardship to better guide policies and interventions....]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dos and don’ts of financing gov’t tender purchase orders]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is in line with our policy of youth affirmative action which includes among others, 15% preference margin on general tenders and 20% in micro procurement”.Despite efforts by g...]]></description>
        <author>Bone Prince Lekgotle</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walking into a coup d&#039;etat in Ouagadougou]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hot humid and dusty! Those were my first thoughts as we disembarked from the very small East African airline. French filled the air! The language, the culture. There was a dusky hu...]]></description>
        <author>Lesego Nswahu Nchunga</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[2022 BUDGET SPEECH [full text]]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTIONMr. Speaker, I have the honour this afternoon to present to the National Assembly, the Budget Proposals for the 2022/2023 Financial Year. Mr. Speaker, the 2022 Budget S...]]></description>
        <author>Peggy Serame</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cattle ranchers want more freedom as live exports near P1bn]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.mmegi.bw/features/cattle-ranchers-want-more-freedom-as-live-exports-near-p1bn/news]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The perennial tussle between cattle producers and the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) revolves generally around the prices offered by the meat parastatal to farmers and the time the...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Could interest rates be raised for the first time in 14 years?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.mmegi.bw/features/could-interest-rates-be-raised-for-the-first-time-in-14-years/news]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Local asset management firm, African Alliance, believes interest rates could rise by as much as 100 basis points this year, the equivalent of one percentage point, a major jump par...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[WATCH FOR FREE: INTO THE OKAVANGO]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[  Into the Okavango is a powerful documentary of a team of world-renowned researchers, scientists, photographers, filmmakers, and Bayei rivermen exploring the entire river basin...]]></description>
        <author>Staff Writer</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No more blood to squeeze from these stones]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thanks to the increases in various administered prices last April, inflation, or the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services, has been trending at nine-year highs, eff...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tricky times ahead for the vaccine hesitant]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Letshego Holdings, the country’s largest microlender employing 148 people across 16 branches in Botswana, has become one of the first companies locally that have requested workers...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[“Potential financial stability risks associated with cryptocurrencies are much higher for emerging markets, including in Russia,” the report said. “This is due to the traditionally...]]></description>
        <author>Correspondent</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Will the new cryptocurrency Bill sweeten or sour the industry?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mmegi: How feasible is it that the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) would attempt to license companies offering virtual assets such as cryptocurrencies...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Richest 1% in Botswana earn 20 times the national average]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The World Inequality Lab’s database released this week features an interesting tool that allows users to gauge where their income lies in their country’s overall picture. According...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Glimpses of life in the heart of a desert]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If one takes the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) map and points right at the middle of it, that is the general location of Matopi Campsites. It is one of the remotest campsites...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kgalagadi in full bloom, getting there..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just after Malotwane before Mosaditshwene in the early hours of Sunday, Bakgatla are deep and lost in their tradition: the annual Christmas Dikhwaere, the choral festivals that go...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Even though her case was better because when diagnosed with cancer she lived in Gaborone, Bontle Modige says she felt sorry for children who lived in remote rural areas, hundreds o...]]></description>
        <author>Nnasaretha Kgamanyane</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to make a lion famous]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The idea of writing a feature article about some snip tailed male lion came into my mind in December 2020. Although it was mainly an excuse for me to travel, I believed it was goin...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Crypto, forex scammers thrive on financial illiteracy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rather than raw greed, local authorities believe the increase in victims of cryptocurrency and forex scams is being driven by poor financial literacy in the country.Scammers coast...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Electric vehicle wave triggers revival of Otse manganese mines]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A year before the now famous discovery of the ‘three shiny stones’ in Motloutse River that eventually led to the explosion of diamond mining activities in the 1970s, a less high pr...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[‘Sequencing’ the truth about Omicron]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The question of who discovered Omicron is one of high importance in scientific and academic circles. It demonstrates scientific prowess in a particular country, and in an age where...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mystery over millions meant to bail Phikwe out]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Known as the BCL Sysmin Re-employment Account (REA), the fund was created by a partnership between government and the European Union in 1991. The REA received repayments of loans b...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SPTC works on making Phikwe ‘BCL-proof’]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It has been five years since the BCL Group was placed under provisional liquidation by the High Court due to its non-profitability, rendering thousands of workers jobless in the pr...]]></description>
        <author>Chakalisa Dube</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Phikwe’s &#039;once- bitten&#039; businesses dream beyond BCL revival]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SELEBI-PHIKWE: Businesses in the once high-flying town have learnt the humbling lesson of depending on a single economic actor for their livelihoods. BCL Mine, directly and indirec...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Phikwe residents enthusiastic about BCL re-opening]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Karabo Gaborone, 26Gaborone is not so enthusiastic about the planned reopening of the BCL Mine. She argues that it will take a while before the mine re-opens. According to her, the...]]></description>
        <author>Chakalisa Dube</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[SELEBI-PHIKWE: As much as reports of the impending reopening of BCL Mine have lifted the mood in the town and ushered in much-needed hope for the thousands of former workers, the p...]]></description>
        <author>Mbongeni Mguni</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The drinking holes are the heartbeat of the town’s social lifestyle. It is there that one can hear stories about the state of life and times of any town. On a rainy Sunday night, t...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Smoke over Phikwe triggers fond memories]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Last Sunday afternoon, many people in the town watched with nostalgic admiration and hope, as smoke rose out of the BCL Mine area. The smoke could be seen over 20km away from Phikw...]]></description>
        <author>Thalefang Charles</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Those who took the decision to close are now shouting the loudest in desperate attempts to accrue adulations for purportedly reopening the mine. We need to put things in proper per...]]></description>
        <author>Dithapelo Keorapetse</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A few days later BCL Mine, which was the lifeblood of the town I grew up in called Selebi-Phikwe, was closed.At least 5,000 direct jobs disappeared, many more indirect jobs suffere...]]></description>
        <author>Mphoeng Mphoeng</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Derek de la Harpe, Wilderness Holdings’ commercial director, remembers how the business believed it could withstand the impact of the pandemic when COVID-19 first arrived in Botswa...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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