Lobatse dairy project commences
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Kebonang (standing) in Lobatse last week
According to the Assistant Ministry of Trade and Industry Sadique Kebonang, groundbreaking was recently done following the completion of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
“Lobatse residents should embrace this. It took them more than three years to finally get the EIA. As I speak, developments have commenced at the farm,” he said.
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