Chamber Of Mines Retrenches Teaching Staff

Charles Siwawa
Charles Siwawa

Financial troubles at Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) seem to be far from over. The latest developments reaching The Monitor are that lecturers sponsored by the organisation have been ‘temporarily retrenched’.

The body that exists to serve the interests of the mining industry in the country has been facing recurring cashflow challenges.

The Chamber’s chief executive officer, Charles Siwawa, admitted to The Monitor over the phone that indeed they have temporarily retrenched their staff assigned at Francistown College of Technical and Vocational Education (FCTVE) and Botswana College of Engineering and Technology (BCET).

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