Array of mega projects welcome

Array of mega projects welcome
Array of mega projects welcome

BOPEU recognises the need to invest in economic and social infrastructure to underpin future economic growth and improved livelihoods

Such as the vaccine manufacturing plant, Implementation of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), Provision water resources and sanitation services, land servicing projects, provision of high-speed infrastructure to government facilities, National E-Commerce strategy, Investment in agricultural infrastructure, The Lobatse, Tuli Block, Pandamatenga & Francistown Special Economic Zones (SEZs) envisioned multi-modal logistics platforms, the Selibe Phikwe Citrus Project, implementation of major projects utilizing the PPP model schedule, as well as other Ministerial Development Projects during the coming financial year are indeed welcome initiatives by BOPEU as they will contribute to export diversification and employment creation therefore reducing unemployment in the country.

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When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...

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