BCC demands stake in Phikwe interventions

Former BCL employees
Former BCL employees

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) has criticised government for failing to engage the church when making key decisions meant to address the impact of the BCL Mine closure on residents.

Speaking at a three-day Botswana’s 4th Alternative Mining Forum in Selebi-Phikwe, the BCC’s vice president Rev Gabriel Tsuaneng said the church is a critical stakeholder to be consulted in decision making.

He added that the government has sidelined BCC in some of the interventions in the copper and nickel town, that include counseling of ex miners and the recently launched Economic Revitalisation Strategy that is expected to create over 6,000 jobs.

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