Morupule land dispute to cause P200m per month losses
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
MCM is locked in a dispute with six of the 166 farmers who hold land rights to the area that the company intends to build a new 1.35 million tonnes per annum coal mine to feed into the planned 300MW power station at Morupule B (Unit 5&6).
In a blistering statement, in which the company accused the NLB of unjustifiably inflating land prices, MCM said allowing compensation to be set at such extortionate levels sets a dangerous precedent for future projects that are, like Morupule B, necessary for Botswana’s economic development.
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