�End of mining secrecy� � EU
Friday, April 11, 2014
During President Festus Mogae’s tenure, Botswana joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) that sought to promote transparency among countries rich in minerals.
The new rules regulate the provision of financial information by all limited liability companies registered in the European Economic Area (EEA), meaning several locally based miners are likely to be affected.
BDF camps are military camps, and there is a need for stricter rules and regulations to safeguard their operations as well as ensure the safety of civilians. Of course, military personnel are human, and they have relatives as well as girlfriends and boyfriends, but the fact remains that the BDF is responsible for ensuring national security and stability and, as such, will be one of the first targets in the event of possible attacks. The decision...