This was revealed by Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) general manager, Mogakolodi Maoketsa, recently during the donation handover of eight classrooms worth over P1.3 million at Rakops Junior Secondary School (JSS). The donation was made possible by project management office (PMO) employees and their business partners. When delivering his remarks, Maoketsa highlighted that Makgaba Primary School is currently under construction through Lucara Botswana. Last year, Lucara Botswana mine donated four classrooms for lower primary school level valued at P2.4 million to Makgaba.
Additionally, the project, which is expected to be completed in March 2025, will save students their travel time. Students travelled 12 km from Makgaba to the closest primary school at Mokubilo. Speaking earlier about the delivery of eight portar cabins, the general manager of OLDM indicated that the project demonstrates their efforts as Debswana towards improving education results in the OLDM area of influence. According to Maoketsa, the project is being carried out in response to a request for portar cabins and furniture made by Rakops JSS to Debswana in an attempt to address a shortage of both classrooms and furniture. “Due to this shortage of classrooms and furniture, the school was forced to deploy double shifting meaning that the time children spent at school was drastically reduced. Some lessons were actually conducted under trees,” he added. Additionally, he said the project is valued at more than P1.3 million and consists of the classrooms infrastructure which was donated by Debswana.
