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Retail and construction tycoons Ottapathu and Boxshall-Smith invest in Mokolodi reserve

Retail tycoon Ram Ottapathu, the owner of Choppies shops, and Wharic Construction boss Angus Boxshall-Smith have bought a very exclusive piece of land in the plush Mokolodi suburb of Gaborone. [...]

Published on 25/07/2022 at 06:00 GMT

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Angus Boxshall-Smith
Choppies
Festus Mogae
Ian Kirby
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Mokolodi Game Reserve
Ottapathu
Sunset Park
Wharic Construction

Botswana
Mining services tycoons snap up prized property near Gaborone Dam

Best known as the owners of the mining services company Bothakga Burrow, which subcontracts for major Botswanan companies Debswana and Morupule Coal Mine, two businessmen are now investing in real estate in the capital's southwestern suburbs - a sector that is booming.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2022

Botswana
Ex-supermarket tycoon Saleem Malique wants a piece of mining pie

Malique, after selling his shares in the Payless supermarket chain, is now venturing into Botswana's growing mining sector alongside a Sri Lankan investor.

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Botswana
Supermarkets tycoon Ram Ottapathu invests in mining services

Afriroc Mining is the latest investment by influential tycoon Ramachandran "Ram" Ottapathu, CEO and owner of Choppies Group, one of Southern Africa's leading retailers.

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Inner circles | Botswana
Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state.

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Old hand returned to helm of anti-corruption body as Masisi strives to gloss over problems

In an effort to dampen criticism of DCEC's perceived lack of independence, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made the third change in three years at the top of the agency. The "new" boss is none other than Tymon Katlholo, who ran it for more than a decade at the turn of the millennium.

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Angus Boxshall-Smith
Choppies
Festus Mogae
Ian Kirby
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Mokolodi Game Reserve
Ottapathu
Sunset Park
Wharic Construction

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Botswana
Retail and construction tycoons Ottapathu and Boxshall-Smith invest in Mokolodi reserve

Botswana
Mining services tycoons snap up prized property near Gaborone Dam

Botswana
Ex-supermarket tycoon Saleem Malique wants a piece of mining pie

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Supermarkets tycoon Ram Ottapathu invests in mining services

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