To catch a falling mineworker

Moth: Boseto Mine was he hope of the western copper district
Moth: Boseto Mine was he hope of the western copper district

Following a spate of job losses around the country, Mmegi Correspondent LERATO MALEKE picks the brains of Members of Parliament on possible solutions to the calamity

More than a thousand workers in the mining industry have lost their jobs this year, as companies wrestle against the vicissitudes of the market economics in the sector.

Early in February, Teemane Manufacturing Company – a 20-year-old landmark in Serowe – closed shop citing market pressures, retrenching 320 Batswana and 64 expatriates.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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