TBG - 1,000 Passports Vanish Into Thin Air. Over 1,000 Botswana passports are unaccounted for and the Ministry of Labour and Home.

From my archive of press clippings:

The Botswana Gazette

1,000 Passports Vanish Into Thin Air. Over 1,000 Botswana passports are unaccounted for and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs says it has launched an investigation to get to the heart of the matter.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

During a recent staff meeting adress last week, Permanent Secretary Segakweng Tsiane said that an audit is still ongoing to determine the exact number of the “lost” passports."

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