300MW Power Project to cost P5.6 billion
Monday, August 30, 2010
The MDPP is being developed by CIC Energy and Chinese industrial giant, Golden Concord Limited (GCL), through their subsidiaries who moved the project a step further by signing a shareholders' agreement last week.
CIC Energy spokesperson, Erica Belling, said MDPP's capital costs would be raised through debt finance and equity, with the former comprising not less than 70 percent of the total required. Project shareholders, CIC International and GCL Botswana, would raise equity for the balance of the capital costs.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....