Botswana's economic independence agony :: Mmegi Online

Since Botswana attained her independence some 54 years ago, the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has actually exposed our weaknesses as a country that is struggling to diversify its mineral-dependent economy, feed itself and provide certain important services without a hitch. Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE follows a developing story at a time when the length and breath of the country is experiencing acute fuel shortages

FRANCISTOWN: A question on everybody’s lips today is where have we gone wrong as a country? Our dependence on the neighbouring Republic of South Africa for everything is apparently widening instead of narrowing.

Botswana attained her independence from being a British protectorate some 54 years ago and for a country classified as a middle-income economy, with a population of over 2.4 million people, it’s worrying that Botswana’s political independence didn’t come with economic independence.

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