A-Cap to resettle villagers for uranium mine

A-Cap Resources Botswana will relocate multitudes of rural families in the Gojwane and Serule villages to pave way for the development of the country’s first Letlhakane uranium mine.

This week, the Australia-based company said it has embarked on a comprehensive consultation and engagement with communities affected by the envisaged project in those villages in the Central District.

Environmental consultants, Ecosurve, have been tasked, in conjunction with the Tonota Sub-Land Board, to prepare the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). “The Tonota Sub-Land Board has convened an assessment committee that comprises two technical officers and three members of the board,” A-Cap said.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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