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- ↑ "BIFM opens Airport Junction mall". Sunday Standard (Botswana). 30 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin Active opens shop in Gaborone :: Mmegi Online".
- ↑ "Dischem opens first Botswana store :: Mmegi Online".
- ↑ Motimane, Ame (8 March 2019). "Cotton On more than just a price tag". Mmegi Online (The Monitor, Botswana).
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