The voices of Phikwe�s anguish
Friday, September 08, 2017
Phikwe residents is attracting interest, but residents have had their hopes dashed before
Brite Star, the American/Hungarian group, created ripples recently when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with government agencies for a P1.4 billion aviation project in Selebi-Phikwe, to create 3,000 jobs.
On the streets here, however, not everyone is convinced by the latest promise of recovery the for the town.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....