Minergy eyes rebound despite market tightness
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From the soils: Masama Coal Mine is the country’s second and smaller colliery after Morupule Coal Mine PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Mmegi: What is the situation with Minergy at the moment in terms of operations?
Bagopi: Operations have restarted. As you know we took the decision to part with the former mining contractor in September last year and it took a bit of time to get the whole issue settled out. However, it was resolved by the end of the year on December 29 and we were immediately able to appoint the new contractor at the turn of the year and it takes a bit of time for them to mobilise.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...