Govt rejects De Beers' retention licence application
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
But in an unexpected move, the government has agreed that diamonds from AK 6 will be marketed through the Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) along with other Debswana production. The government had initially preferred auctioning on the open market.
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...