Francistown's self-reliance overdue

FRANCISTOWN: Former Francistown mayor Igbal Ibrahim has called on Francistown residents to focus on new strategies to bring about developments in the city.

His comments follow the presentation of the national budget last Monday by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo. Ibrahim, a respected businessman who is also a past president of the business think tank, BOCCIM,  said that the budget on a broad spectrum is promising and hailed Mathambo's presentation.

"Generally it looks promising and the minister did a good job of presenting it to the public,” he said.  

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