BIH honours young innovators
Monday, August 18, 2014
Dr Budzani Tacheba.
Participants were tasked with developing and designing an innovative engineering solution that can be implemented to solve current mining problems in Botswana.
The competition was classed in two categories, National Biotech and CleanTech and the engineering and mining design. Participants were supposed to come up with solutions to any challenge in the pipeline from mineral exploration, mining, mineral processing to use of mine effluents and waste.
The situation is exacerbated by the ruling party’s admission that some of its most important election promises remain unfulfilled. This is not the change many Batswana had expected. The UDC was elected into power on a strong promise to improve lives, create jobs, protect workers and repair public services. It is therefore, not enough for the party to point only to new ministries, policies and long-term plans. These may be necessary, but...