Ndaba Gaolathe Quotes
b. 1972
Ndaba Gaolathe ( born in September 1972). He is the current Botswana Vice president and minister of Finance.
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We believe that this country has the potential to be producing 8,000 megawatts of power for export.
These gains could never be secured from behind a desk in Gaborone.
Every pula spent must deliver measurable public value.
Botswana’s reliance on diamond revenues has been both a strength and a vulnerability.
Rather there is pressure to increase corporate tax.
We are well placed to deepen the relationship with the African Development Bank to support private sector initiatives.
I am embarrassed to say this, but we need a partner with deep pockets.
They enable us to attract the technical know-how and financing we need, while keeping Botswana’s public finances on a sustainable path.
Financial inclusion remains Africa’s unfinished business.
Let this report not gather dust on the shelf. Let it be the foundation of a national movement to uplift our youth and secure a prosperous future for all Batswana.
They said the new Botswana could not be possible; they said Motswaledi’s death was the end and that the dream had ended. But we kept hope alive and hope kept us alive.
Yet, despite this bleak picture, I have a hope in me that is rising like a phoenix. Mr Speaker, we in the new Botswana have the hope that collectively we will turn the tide.
We shall rise again despite the economic circumstances that we find ourselves in at the moment. Young men and women roaming the streets due to unemployment shall rise and dream again.
This is the decade where Africa stops asking for permission — and starts writing its own script; a decade where businesses don't just participate in Africa’s transformation — they lead it.
A qualification without practice, creativity, and contribution is nothing more than paper. True power lies in what you do with the knowledge you carry. Go forth and practice, innovate, create, and generate new knowledge.
We will not rest until every citizen is employed, every citizen is empowered, and every citizen is fulfilled.
Our true north is a Botswana where every citizen is employed, empowered, and fulfilled.
With an eye to the future, Gaolathe says the success of the deal will be dependent on skills and technology transfer.
These reforms aim to ensure our farmers can produce competitively and sustainably.
I doubt that under the current fiscal circumstances it will be good economics to lower corporate taxes under the current circumstances.