Africa-Press – Botswana. The government will continue with the eMobility programme under the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship for private investment partnership and commercialisation.
Answering a question in Parliament recently, Minister of Communications and Innovation, Mr David Tshere said six vehicles were initially imported and two were allocated to his ministry and four would be allocated to Mr Tebogo Letsile, Ms Lesego Chombo, Mr Ross Branch and Ms Anicia Gabathuse under 12 months contracts. He said after 12 months tenure, the vehicles would be returned to his ministry.
Mr Tshere further said 20 vehicles and 30 buses were imported before the assembly plant was constructed in April 2025. The minister said 30 semi knocked down Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) have since been assembled at the plant, making a total of 30 buses and 50 SUVs, which has not been allocated yet.
He added that on whether the country had started to break-even on the project, current stock has not been sold to any entity or individual. Mr Tshere said the eMobility factory project had employed 18 Batswana, three females and 15 males, adding that there were 14 technicians, three engineers, and one programme coordinator.
He said the programme had also trained over 150 Batswana on vehicle assembly and retrofitting. The minister said the lowest paid employee earned P7,500 while the highest paid employee earned P42,000. He was answering a question from the MP for Shashe West, Mr Jeremiah Frenzel who had asked the minister to state if the vehicles that were said to be assembled by the past government would be allocated for use to government departments, and if so, how many have been allocated and where.
Mr Frenzel also asked if the current administration would continue with the effect vehicles factory and whether the country has started to break-even on the project and how much revenue has been employed at the factory. He also asked the minister how many Batswana have been employed at the factory and the salaries of the lowest and highest paid employees respectively.
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