Botswana: Long Queues As Notes Deadline Passes

Long queues of people trying to change their old notes this week characterised the central bank offices in Gaborone and Francistown as many were caught unaware by the December 31 deadline.

Although the bank had announced the dates for the notes change over, the deadline was not as much publicised as that of the sim card registration leading to many people either missing or forgetting about the deadline.

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