Botswana: Defective Buildings Cost P93million

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Botswana: Defective Buildings Cost P93million

[The Patriot] Government is racing against time to find buyers for abandoned Lots 181,198,199 and 200 that gobbled P93 million from public funds, but were immediately found to have structural defects soon after occupation.

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