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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The long-awaited and much-anticipated Leather Park in Lobatse could finally be taking shape a decade later, as authorities now expect the first phase of the project to be complete by the third quarter of this year.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Leather Park has been in the pipeline since 2014 with little progress, a fact that has frustrated authorities and residents in the border town.<\/p>\n

The implementation of the Leather Park was said to be delayed by the need for project reconfiguration to address emerging risks from a change in the project scope and location. The declining national herd warranted a review of the project\u2019s business case to determine the minimal amount of raw material required to kick-start a viable leather processing operation.<\/p>\n

Briefing parliamentarians on this, Acting Minister of Entrepreneurship, Molebatsi Molebatsi, said the implementation of the Leather Park has commenced and the first phase of the project is expected to be complete by the end of the third quarter of the 2024\u20132025 financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to leverage off existing latent capacity, and to facilitate a quick turnaround, the project has been restructured by speeding up the delivery of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) tannery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis step is in line with the overarching objective of rapidly developing meat and leather value chains. \u201cThe initiative includes the development of the effluent plant infrastructure, which is planned to manage both solid and liquid waste generated from the plant.\u201d Molebatsi said the completion of the first phase will not only facilitate local value addition to the raw materials but will enable the processing of leather to what is called the \u201cwet blue stage\u201d. The first wet blue processed leather is expected to come out of the facility by December this year which will be followed by the development of the secondary facility in the second phase to transition production from tonnage to post-tonnage to phase three of the finished leather stage.<\/p>\n

The acting minister said the final stage is wholly intended for entrepreneurs in the private sector, particularly SMEs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn pursuit of greater efficiencies within public sector delivery, phase three work will be done jointly between LEA [Local Enterprise Authority], CEDA [Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agenc], NDB [National Development Bank], BDC [Botswana Development Corporation] and the commercial banks,” he said. \u201cThe development and other financiers are expected to provide capacity building and financial support to SMMEs, through their mainline portfolios.”<\/p>\n

Once operational, the park is expected to supply the private sector with hides and skin, raw to finished leather tanneries and the manufacturing of different leather products. These include shoes, belts, jackets and others thereby playing an instrumental role in stimulating economic activity.<\/p>\n

The project entails the development of a complex for different tanneries, supported by the BMC and primary infrastructure such as a common effluent treatment plant, sewage treatment plant and others.<\/p>\n

Government has said the plant could employ up to 10,000 employees when fully functional, marking a sustainable economic diversification effort.<\/p>\n

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