Chomela e gana go wa
Thursday, October 22, 2015
BCL Mine workers on duty. PIC: CHAKALISA DUBE
The excitement associated with BCL mine employees’ paydays, which come early, and popularly dubbed ‘chomela e ole’ has become part of the copper/nickel mining town of Selebi-Phikwe’s landscape.
Morale is generally low at BCL as people had to adjust their month end plans.
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...