BURS rakes in P8.6bn over two months as mining sparkles
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Full throttle: BURS says its mission is to collect every coin due to government coffers PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
“One of our greatest contributors is the mining sector and when it shines, we collect more,” BURS Customs Services commissioner, Segolo Lekau told BusinessWeek at a briefing on Tuesday.
“When the industry does well, we tend to do well. “Other efforts have also assisted, such as the improvements in audits and we are going to be heavy on compliance.”
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...