BB calls for Fund to diversify mining towns
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Vice president, Palalani Moitlhobogi said at a Pitso held recently that the seed funding should be made up of mine closure plan funds and that pension funds should be incentivised to invest.
He explained that the specialised Fund that would focus on the economic stabilisation and diversification of mining towns is premised on the fact that mining is a finite activity and therefore at some stage operations would stop.
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....