Debswana cuts output target, suspends Damtshaa
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Debswana head of corporate affairs, Esther Kanaimba-Senai
For 2015, Debswana had forecast production of 22 million carats. However, a senior finance ministry official revealed in October that the figure had since been revised to 21 million.
Yesterday, Debswana head of corporate affairs, Esther Kanaimba-Senai said the reduction for 2016 would be achieved by shifting priorities within the diamond giant’s mines, which include Jwaneng and Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM).
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...