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Onalenna Kelebeile
  • Councillors demand security as migration policy takes shape

    They said there is no way the economy of the country would improve without laws that are conducive to investors such as effectiveness of borders. Presenting the draft policy, chief immigration administrator Lekgotla Phiri said effective cross border...

  • Garnish order to compel BCL to pay employees

    Presenting the Urban Development Committee report to the just-ended full council meeting senior district officer, Neo Mogorosi said issues of affected former employees remain unresolved despite efforts to persuade both the insurer and the provisional...

  • Opportunities galore for Phikwe revitalization

    There are a lot of economic entities that could be pursued to revitalise the local economy and some of the activities have long been identified and were to be developed. A number of tourism development initiatives exist in Selebi-Phikwe region most...

  • SPTC twinning arrangements failing

    The SPTC has entered into twinning arrangements with the likes of municipalities of Trollhattan in Sweden, Polokwane in South Africa and Tsumeb in Namibia.   Addressing a full council meeting recently mayor, Molosiwa Molosiwa said the...

  • Ex BCL workers� children owe P11M in school fees

    The parents were informed that as a result,  the school was owed P1.2 million for the two terms. The failure to pay, the management told the parents, has put the school in dire financial complications. A letter that the school head wrote to...

  • Injured Ex-Miners To Petition BCL Mine

    Most of the employees’ injuries were induced by noise at the Mine, Neo Mogorosi, a senior district labour officer said recently at the just ended Selebi-Phikwe full council session. Presenting the Urban Development Committee report, Mogorosi...

  • Platjan bridge construction underway

    The P105 million project was initially earmarked for commencement in 2014 under the Department of Roads, but was taken over by SPEDU in April last year for facilitation.  The groundbreaking is expected to take place at the end of this month, but...

  • BCL closure inflicts dire strain on businesses

    The report that was recently presented to the local business community by Professor Happy Siphambe, has shown that firms have lost significant business due to the mine closure. It indicates that some potential businesses whose business plans were...

  • Phikwe private schools still awaiting P11 million

    The P11 million school fees was one of the key actions under the Economic Revitalisation Strategy that government approved in the last quarter of last yea, as an immediate intervention to continue paying school fees for children of former BCL...

  • Molosiwa returns as new Phikwe mayor

    Three votes were spoilt. Councillor Dorcus Letlhogela was elected the deputy mayor after another candidate Kago Motsemme was disqualified from the race because his nomination paper did not meet the minimum requirements. Nobody supported him as the...

  • Pula Steel shareholding agreement nears conclusion

    The High Court has placed Pula Steel under judicial management of Vijay Kalyanaraman, who believes that since the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) is the major financier of the project, it should be offered major shareholding to...

  • Enraged School Head Locks Parents Inside School Premises

    It is reported this week that immediately the school time clocked, the school head locked the gate while some parents were still inside only for a taxi man to force his way out dislodging the school gate in the process. The police were called to the...

  • I�m Not So Desperate For Presidency � Molefhi

    Molefhi is challenging Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi for the party chairmanship. Addressing party members in BOMASE region recently Molefhi said that once elected chairman he will relinquish his ministerial position so that he can have ample time...

  • Molefhi�s Team Supports Masisi Presidency

    However they have made it clear that they cannot vote for him for the chairmanship in July because it would mean that the committee of 18 would be the one with powers to co-opt a chairman when he resigns the position to become President.  They...

  • EIH makes no offer

    The memo that was issued on Sunday shows that the liquidator is now in the process of writing to all parties that have expressed interest in buying all or the majority of the assets of the BCL Group. “If not, the companies will go into final...

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