Botswana takes industry centre stage at JCK

The JCK Show, held in Las Vegas, annually brings together thousands of delegates from across the global diamond industry to both showcase and trade in the precious stones, while also engaging with the issues facing their industry. The House of Botswana, a platform of natural diamond partners led by government, hosted several engagements at the JCK, helping the country stand out in its efforts to coalesce the industry around a united strategy for recovery. It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs.

We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees.

We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…