Bye-bye Chomela
Friday, November 18, 2016
Selebi-Phikwe
BCL mine closed recently after it was placed under provisional liquidation.
The smoke was just nothing to write home about, but it symbolised life and set the town of Selebi-Phikwe apart from other areas. The smoke somehow was a trademark in that it accorded the town a sarcastic yet fond name ‘ko chomeleng’.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....