Ex-TNMC miners bid the city farewell, begrudgingly

Friday, November 04, 2016

FRANCISTOWN: It was touching to see hordes of former Tati Nickel Mine Company (TNMC) employees gathered in small groups at the company’s Molapo Estate offices counting their losses.

On this fateful Monday, they had gathered in large numbers to collect their exit letters at the TNMC clubhouse. On a good day, the clubhouse was a place of merrymaking and joy as opposed to this week’s experience where stunned miners queued. Sorrow, regret and hopelessness was written all over their faces.

It was indeed a blue Monday for the miners who had hoped that the mine will keep them until at least the end of the year.

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