Citizens to get share in Tshele Hills project
Monday, October 03, 2022 | 1230 Views |
Thinking big: Tshekedi expects BOL to
more than double the country’s national strategic oil reserve
The long-awaited project is being done as a Private Public Partnership (PPP) and the winning bidder will be required to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to enter into agreements with the Ministry of Minerals and Energy and Botswana Oil (BOL).
Estimated at P3 billion, the project entails the construction of facilities and associated infrastructure that will boost strategic storage capacity in the South from 25 million litres to about 171 million litres.
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...