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15,000 job losses in 2020 A total of 52,850 people were employed from 2015 to 2019, taking employment figures from 698,528 to 742,378. The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr Thapelo Matsheka revealed this in parliament on Tuesday this week. Matsheka was answering a question from Kanye North Member of Parliament (MP), Thapelo Letsholo, who wanted the minister to appraise the House on the country’s economic growth over the last three years and projections over the next three years. Letsholo further asked Matsheka to state how many permanent jobs were created as a result of the e...

Underperforming ministers to be dropped Masisi has limited options in BDP backbench -Analyst BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Frustrated by the poor performance of some cabinet ministers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi is caught in a dilemma and is considering a shakeup of the Executive arm of government, The Patriot on Sunday has learnt. Source whisper that Masisi was supposed to announce a reshuffle on Thursday morning before travelling to Namibia to meet his counterpart President Dr Hage Geingob on an official visit but chose to hold the decision in abeyance. It is expected that Masisi w...

25th February 2021 Member of Parliament (MP) for Kanye North Thapelo Letsholo has said it is high time Botswana has a citizen-owned bank. “I challenge Bank of Botswana to seriously and intentionally facilitate the development of the first fully Botswana citizen -owned commercial bank in Botswana. This will ensure that the super profits currently enjoyed by banks remain in Botswana and possibly get reinvested in country,” advised Letsholo. Contributing on the budget speech he said transforming and rationalizing of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) when implemented would make savings of about ...