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DUMA GQUBULE: Botswana in a fix over De Beers after Anglo’s exit move
At independence in 1966 Botswana was one of the world’s poorest countries. There were just 12km of paved roads; 22 Batswana had graduated from university and 100 had completed secondary school. In 1967 De Beers geologists discovered diamonds, which have …