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Botswana cuts fiscal deficit forecast on central bank revenue

Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe said Botswana now expects a much smaller budget deficit this fiscal year due to higher-than-expected central bank revenue and spending containment measures.

Botswana now expects a much smaller budget deficit this fiscal year, helped by higher-than-expected revenue from the central bank and measures to contain spending, Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe said on Tuesday.