Lucara Botswana's pledges 6.5 million Pula towards the COVID-19 pandemic

Naseem Lahri, Lucara Botswana Managing Director
Naseem Lahri, Lucara Botswana Managing Director

Lucara Diamond Corp.'s 100 percent owned Karowe Diamond Mine, located in Letlhakane, Botswana, has been in production since 2012 and is one of the world’s foremost producers of large, high quality, Type IIA diamonds. 

Given the COVID-19 impact we are seeing around the globe, including our beautiful country, we as Lucara Botswana are continuing to support our fellow Batswana. In so doing, we are striving to do that which is sustainable and in alignment with what is the ‘right thing to do’.

Our efforts are centered on maintaining those United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) that we hold dear to us. By the support we are rendering. We are hoping to make an impact on some of those important SDG’s like zero hunger, good health and well-being and gender equality

Editor's Comment
Botswana at a critical juncture

While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...

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