The cash strapped government of Botswana is struggling to pay civil service salaries in full.
It has emerged that the Accountant General has resorted to delaying handing over deductions from payroll to beneficiaries such as unions, insurance, medical aids and banks, until SACU transfers arrive in the first week of each quarter.
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