Africa-Press – Botswana. The Ministry of International Relations has opened an office at the Gaborone Main Mall in order to relocate staff from the dilapidated headquarters.
However, only a few employees have moved to the newly acquired building, owing to failure to partition it for occupation by all.
Giving the executive summary of the ministry at the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee session in Gaborone on Friday, permanent secretary, Mr Thuso Ramodimoosi said the office was opened two months ago following its acquisition in April 2024, the period it had been attracting monthly rentals.
“The plan was to temporarily relocate everybody whilst this dilapidated headquarters is being renovated under the Development Manager (DM) model,” he said, explaining that since the said model had been suspended, partitioning had been impossible, dictating that only a few members of staff relocate.
Mr Ramodimoosi, who had been with the ministry for two month now, said the ministry continued to pay rent with the hope of partitioning the building.
He said the new office was much better than the headquarters, safe for lack of WiFi installation, which he said was in the pipeline, together with furniture replacement, as the current was worn out.
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