More and more Batswana are watching their salaries run out just days after pay day. What used to fill a supermarket trolley now fits in a single plastic shopping bag and most consumers don’t have a clue what’s going on. The official explanation is veiled in technical jargon, buried deep in monetary policy documents. The Simple explanation however, is that, all this is a result of policy choices, and the silent erosion of the Pula.
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