Brite Star rises on Phikwe�s horizon

Friday, September 08, 2017

Brite Star, BITC and SPEDU officials in Texas earlier this year. Katona is second from left and Mokubung, far right

Having gone through numerous cycles of hope, excitement and crushing disappointment, residents of Selebi-Phikwe are being asked to once more reach for the dream of an economic miracle. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, looks at the latest promise of relief for a region tired of hoping

Selebi Phikwe’s 50,000 or so residents are all wishing on a star. And not for the first time.

Brite Star, a global aviation group also invested in hospitality and training, plans to invest more than P1.4 billion over the next five years on a ten hectare plot of land near Selebi-Phikwe Airport, employing up to 3,000 workers.

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Brite Star rises on Phikwe�s horizon

Having gone through numerous cycles of hope, excitement and crushing disappointment, residents of Selebi-Phikwe are being asked to once more reach for the dream of an economic miracle. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, looks at the latest promise of relief for a region tired of hoping

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