The impossibility of selling BCL Mine

The thousands of workers axed from BCL Mine still hold out hope for a miracle.  One fine day soon, they hope, an announcement will be made that a new investor has emerged, willing to buy and restart BCL Mine. In no time, they pray, notices to return will be issued, the mineshaft cages will start running again and the smelter will be fired up.

That faith is one of the many reasons why more than 600 families are staying put in BCL houses around Selebi Phikwe, under a new deal with the government that lasts through to March 2019.