13 Nov 2017

Member of Parliament for Letlhakane Mr Sethomo Lelatisitswe has called on the youth in Letlhakane to partner with other businesses when encountering challenges in doing business.

Mr Lelatisitswe said this during a kgotla meeting with youth in Letlhakane recently, stating that it would be a learning curve on their part.

He said they should do that as a benchmarking strategy that they could apply in future when starting their businesses while encouraging learners to penetrate the business market and compete with other companies for tenders.

Mr Lelatisitswe also informed them that volunteering was key in marketing businesses, advising artistes to offer their services in some of the events and treat that as a marketing strategy.

 He regretted that some of the companies registered as owned by youth were led and operated by elderly people, adding that  frustrated government’s efforts to empower the youth.

The legislator also stated that a multi-purpose sports complex worth P43 million to be funded by Karowe mine had been planned for Letlhakane and would commence construction in 2018.

He stated that a plot had already been identified near Motsumi Junior Secondary School and a memorandum of understanding had been signed.

The legislator also noted that minimal land servicing would be undertaken at Letsibogo ward to cater for public officers’ houses which had been constructed through Botswana Housing Corporation, but lacked water and electricity services among others.

The MP was responding to one of the youths in Letlhakane Mr Bagogi Galeimelwe who had suggested that youth should be given priority to supply materials and services for projects undertaken in Letlhakane.

Mr Galeimelwe expressed concern that large scale companies were given preference when awarding tenders as opposed to small-medium enterprises.  BOPA