Debswana employee expresses pornography fears

He said he wants P5 million from Debswana as compensation for planting cameras in the mining company's toilets at Orapa mine sometime in 2006, to spy on workers.

He said that since he did not consent to being filmed in the toilet, the act is a gross violation of his privacy. The cameras were installed at the Completely Automated Recovery Plant (CARP). A P215 million lawsuit has been launched by 43 workers from the plant, over the invasion of their privacy through the secret filming. Each worker is demanding P5 million. Modongo told the court yesterday that after the discovery of the cameras in July 2006, they feared that images that have been recorded might be flashed on the internet. He was concerned that other people might use the images for sexual gratification. He explained that there are other surveillance cameras at the mine that monitor employees but the difference is that they were installed with workers' agreement.