Private sector think tank (mother body) – Business Botswana (BB) – has been sidelined by government in initiatives to save Selibe Phikwe and SPEDU region from implosion due to economic crisis occasioned by the closure of BCL mine in October 2016, it has emerged. The leadership of BB was on Monday at pains, almost contradicting each other; trying to explain the role they are playing in measures instituted by government to resuscitate the troubled economy of the region. Consequently, BB has been conducting an independent investigation on the impact of the closure of BCL mine and possible solutions, parallel to government initiatives. Shortly after BB President Lekwalo Mosienyane revealed that they were never engaged officially or invited to be part of the strategies currently rolled out by government, Chief Executive Officer Dr Racious Moatshe was quick to interject and explain that this should not be construed to mean they are at logger heads with government. A moment later BB vice president North Palalani Moitlhobogi, who operates a consultancy business in Selibe Phikwe, reiterated that the business community in that town is not part of any committee set up by government to resuscitate the economy of the region. He, however, denied…