�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.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...