In 1966 Botswana was one of the least developed and poorest nations in the world, its per capita income then just $83. By the turn of the 21st century, Botswana's per capita GDP, at $7,300, was 15% greater than its powerful neighbour, South Africa. All of that even as, according to president Ian Khama, South Africa has stifled attempts at industrialisation of the neighbouring states By GREG MILLS.
Just a few kilometres from the new Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone is De Beers Global Sightholder Sales, previously known as the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), a sorting, valuation and sales centre handling, in 2014, more than 32-million carats (worth more than $7-billion) of the company's production for global distribution.
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