Thumps Up All Round For Boseto
Monday, November 01, 2010
Speaking at the Kgotla last week, Dithapi Atsowe said approval of the project came through a series of consultative kgotla meetings addressed by the Tawana Land Board (TLB) at Toteng, Sehitwa and this world famous resort town of Maun.
The project consulting engineer who represented Discovery at the kgotla meeting, David Edwards, said construction would soon start, now that the people of the district had endorsed the project. Welcoming the first-ever mine in the district, people said the project should translate into jobs, especially for the youth, and generally improve livelihoods for communities in the vicinity of the mine.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...