Botswana tries again to privatise national airline

Botswana put its national airline up for tender on Monday, as part of its latest drive to privatise loss-making state companies. Air Botswana would be the second such sale after the government sold 49 percent of its telecoms firm in a stock market floatation last year. The transport department said in a notice inviting expressions of interest that it is open to proposals on various forms of privatisation including joint ventures, ownership, franchising and concessions.