20 Ex-BCL Miners In Jail for Loan Defaults
Monday, September 10, 2018
This was revealed during the Alternative Mining Indaba by Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) in Sefhophe on Friday where Botswana Mine Workers Union representative David Lesejane said they have approached commercial banks about the ex-miners’ plight following the Mine’s liquidation.
He said the banks explained that they requested the ex-miners to always update them about their status, but they do not do so.“We have even brought the situation to the attention of the relevant minister during one of the engagements recently,” he said. He later told The Monitor that the number of those incarcerated is around 20, but the figure is likely to be more, as others may have not brought their situation to the attention of the union.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...