The country’s diamond-cutting and polishing firms have asked government for a wage subsidy and exemption from the training levy as they fight for survival in a diamond slump, which has seen some factories fail to reopen after the festive season break.
The president of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Dumelang Saleshando, says government lost millions of pula because of meddling by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS).