Debswana’s CEEP nears 20,000 job creation target
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Mogakolodi Maoketsa. PIC CHAKALISA DUBE
Debswana Orapa Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) general manager, Mogakolodi Maoketsa, revealed this on Tuesday during the launch of a Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) grant in Orapa. The grant, delivered under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Debswana and Stanbic Bank Botswana, aims to support start-ups and existing small businesses within Debswana’s OLDM and Jwaneng Mine’s zones of influence.
CEEP was established in 2019 to reinforce Debswana's ‘Building Forever Strategy’. Through the strategy, the mine aims to foster a positive and enduring impact that extends far beyond the lifespan of diamonds.
In the 2014 General Election, women who stood for parliamentary elections were a mere 17 out of a total of 192 aspirants, and sadly the number dropped to 11 out of 210 parliamentary aspirants in the 2019 General Election. Hopefully, registration of the Women in Politics Caucus will give women the necessary support to join politics. While things were slowly improving, women for a long time were at the receiving end as compared to their male...