Botswana’s economy is like a straw in the wind.
It bends to whichever side the diamond sales go.
It is a depressing spectacle.
This week in Gaborone there was a gathering to welcome an American film producer, Steve Harvey.
He was welcomed like a messiah, here to save Botswana especially the youth by creating jobs for them.
Harvey must consider himself a very lucky man.
To be welcomed by an African state president every time he lands at the airport must for him be a most pleasant achievement.
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