On 3 September, Botswanan tycoon Farouk Essop Ismail handed over the keys to a brand-new clinic in Lotlhakane, some 100 km south-west of Gaborone, to President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

Ismail and his family footed the entire bill of 7-million Pula (€512,000) for the clinic, built in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is just one of many of the philanthropic actions of the founder of Choppies, Botswana's leading retail group, and his fifth pro bono medical facility in five years.

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