Call to bar foreigners from harvesting phane

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Residents in Selebi-Phikwe's Ikageleng ward are unanimous that non-citizens should not be allowed to harvest natural resources in Botswana, particularly the edible mophane worm or phane.

At a Kgotla meeting called by Selebi-Phikwe East MP  Nonofo Molefhi on Wednesday, most residents said the new policy on the harvesting of natural resources has a loophole in that it allowed foreigners to harvest phane.

Phane is rich in proteins and is in high demand in South Africa where it is used largely for cattle feed. Some Ikageleng residents pointed out that in South Africa and Zimbabwe, foreigners are not allowed to harvest veldt products. James Ellart from the Central District forestry and range resources department told residents that he had come to explain the new policy on harvesting and not to review it.

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