Chamber of mines terminates scholarships

Charles Siwawa. PIC. KEOAGILE BONANG
Charles Siwawa. PIC. KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: The problems besieging cashstrapped Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) and students under its scholarship seem to be getting dire.

The latest news coming from BCM, if true, indicate that BCM will show the students the door after it indicated that it would give the students letters terminating their scholarships in the next few days before the end of the year.

Although the chief executive officer (CEO) of BCM Charles Siwawa is denying that his entity is about to terminate the students’ scholarships, learners who attended a highly charged meeting addressed by Siwawa at the Francistown College of Technical and Vocational Education (FCTVE) on Monday this week point to the contrary.

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