The Zambian government delegation have been in Botswana recently on a five-day benchmarking mission to familiarise themselves with processes and systems used by Botswana government to collect non-tax revenue from various government departments. They were more interested in how Botswana evades human contact with cash during collection processes.
Among others, the delegation visited Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Botswana Police Service and the Department of Road Transport and Safety, before heading to South Africa.
The delegation comprising officials from Zambian Ministry of Finance, Police and Road Transport and Safety Agency visited the Botswana Police Service on the 6th and 7th of March 2012 and were taken through revenue collection processes by the Director of Finance, Development and procurement, Senior Assistant Commissioner Pester Gabolekwe and Director of Traffic Senior Assistant Commissioner Victor Paledi. They were also taken on a conducted tour of Ramotswa Police and Police College.