Accept reality, Kebonang tells retrenched miners

BCL miners
BCL miners

FRANCISTOWN: Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security minister, Sadique Kebonang has advised retrenched mineworkers to accept the reality of their situation and move on.

“The decision to liquidate the mines has been taken and it’s time to face reality that you are unemployed. You are well trained, have experience and some of you are highly qualified to invest in some kind of business for survival,” he told former Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) workers in a meeting.

Government placed BCL Ltd under provisional liquidation in October, tossing about 4,000 workers at BCL Mine and another 700 at TNMC into the streets.

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