Cabinet dispatches high-powered delegation to BCL

The delegation has been tasked with investigating the copper/nickel mine operations in Selebi-Phikwe, which have left safety standards there questionable after BCL hit an all-time high number of 11 fatalities between 2014 and 2015.  The incessantly falling metal prices are another daunting negative on the delegation’s agenda.

Addressing the Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) congress in Tlokweng last year, union president Jack Tlhagale blasted the BCL for recording the highest casualties out of the 17 miners that died in the line of duty.