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agreements with other organisations like cell phone network providers, power and water utilities as well as roads department. All these fell under the portfolio of
Ramatlhakwane, who was then Business Development Manager. It was perhaps his previous role, on which the future of BotswanaPost was underpinned, that set him as the best man to take the Post Office forward.
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It is not clear what will happen to the current acting Chief
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has an agreement with
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Cornelius Ramatlhakwana is the newly appointed CEO of BotswanaPost succeeding Pele Moleta after his abrupt resignation in March. The appointment of Ramatlhakwane, who was the Head of Business Development within BotswanaPost, was made public by the Board. BotswanaPost Head of Strategy and
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