TNMC employees: The better devil

Better days: Tati Nickel workers during the operating years. PIC: PINI BOTHOKO
Better days: Tati Nickel workers during the operating years. PIC: PINI BOTHOKO

FRANCISTOWN: For many years now, Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) employees were a marvel to watch, especially when driving speedily to their mine, 44 kilometres east of Francistown.

As for the many drivers, they had become the Michael Schumachers of the Francistown-TNMC’s Phoenix Mine road, something that irked other road users who respected road signs. The Francistown-Matsiloje road had become a beehive of activity with drivers racing to beat time, incessantly.

To other road users, the miners might have been a nuisance because of the risks associated with over-speeding, but they must have been highly adroit at handling their vehicles as there was rarely an accident involving the miners.

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