Special Olympics International and Lions Club Federation of America in partnership with Special Olympics Botswana recently gifted 49 children with special needs from different Greater Gaborone schools with spectacles worth P60 000. The children received free eye screening prior and it is hoped the specs will go a long way in enhancing the children’s quality of life.

The City of Francistown Council (COFC) is currently embarking on the first batch of taking over streetlights, which have been the responsibility of the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). The council through the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Services Department, utilised Road Levy funds amounting to P3,363,750 to buy a total of 225 solar streetlights (poles and 70W solar fittings). The installation is being carried out in Block 1 with 62 streetlights, Minestone with 45 streetlights, Area L with 20 streetlights, Central Residential Area with 48 streetlights and Selepa with 50 streetlights. The project commenced on 16th November 2022 and is expected to be completed on Friday.

Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) is currently meeting local tourism industry stakeholders in Kasane to create business and capacity building opportunities for a range of diverse Botswana tourism products. The Botswana Travel and Tourism Expo (BTTE) started on Tuesday and will end on Saturday. The 2022 BTTE also offers a unique familiarisation tour for the international trade buyers and media to experience ‘first-hand’ the Botswana tourism product to enable them a chance to sell packages to Botswana easily.