Boteti, regarded as the home to the world’s most loved gem stones – diamonds –. carries the dishonourable badge of being one of the most under developed areas in Botswana. However a Canadian mining company, Lucara Diamond Corporation, plans to change all that. The company through its subsidiary Boteti mine owns Karowe mine in Letlhakane Addressing members of the media, the company’s Managing Director Naseem Lahrik said they have been contemplating of starting Phase 2 of Mokubilo Integrated Farm as the demands are growing for their products. “The project is run by the community and they are also board members and employ locals, thus empowering them,” said Lahrik. The farm, which was started last year, produces and sells cabbage, spinach, green pepper, tomatoes and eggs. In 2018 the diamond mining company conceived what they called Karowe Village Initiatives (KVI) to fund pilot community empowerment projects in three villages of Mmadikola, Khwee and Mokubilo. Karowe mine, which recently unearthed the largest uncut diamond in recent history, seems to be committed to turning around the lives of the Boteti communities as the MD announced that they are going to build a sports complex in Letlhakane. “The budget has been approved and it…