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Article: In Africa, smaller cities grow faster.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 10, 2007
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Byline: Stephanie Hanes Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
GABORONE, Botswana -- As a construction worker in Botswana's booming capital city, Mpontshang Mokwe is hardly struggling for work these days. "There are too many buildings," Mr. Mokwe says, hauling a long strip of lumber toward the most recent of his projects - guest quarters for yet another new home in Gaborone's Block 8 neighborhood. Not long ago, Block 8 was all dust and thorn trees and scrubland. Today, it is pure sprawl, with ever-sprouting apartment blocks, single-family homes, and shopping centers. Wander through Block 8, chockablock with construction workers such as Mokwe, and it's ...