Tati Mine woes hit property market
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Gwebu PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
TNMC issued a cautionary notice sometime in February that due to depressing business conditions precipitated by the incessant fall in metal prices, the mining house will be forced to vacate its employees from company houses-as the company intends to sell them.
It was further communicated that leases for properties will be ended. True to this notice the leases were terminated recently forcing employees to fend for themselves. TNMC currently has around 600 employees with the beleaguered BCL Mine as its parent-mining house.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...