Gaborone — President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced that Botswana would introduce fuel rationing from Thursday in a bid to ease a crippling shortage that has seen some consumers rush to stock up.
Long queues formed in recent weeks at fuel stations in Botswana's capital, Gaborone, and other centres as some ran dry. The shortages have disrupted businesses and threaten to worsen the woes of an economy already expected to shrink 13% in 2020...
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