BMWU lobbies for action after BCL deaths
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

BCL
Two miners lost their lives while four were treated for minor injuries in an accident in which the BCL mine’s preliminary internal investigations point to an explosion during drilling last week Tuesday. The incident brought to four the number of lives lost at the mine in a period of a year.
BMWU spokesperson and vice president Joseph Tsimako said the union is concerned about the escalating number of fatalities that continue to claim the lives of employees. “We initiated a meeting with BCL management in January to convey our displeasure regarding safety standards in the mine.
Stock theft has become rampant and difficult to contain thus keeping the police on their toes as the country is rocked by stock theft cases that are becoming difficult to contain.This form of crime is causing great misery to farmers in Botswana, especially in rural communities that largely depend on agriculture for a living. As stock theft cases escalate, the police say that most of the meat consumed in major towns and villages is from stolen...