Furore over the firing of a white manager

MAUN: Some Khoemacau Copper Mine local managers find their jobs on the line after their plan to discipline a wayward white manager was blocked from South Africa, with the local office receiving warning against their purported actions.

The managers who instituted disciplinary action against Khoemacau’s risk manager, Fanie Terre Blanche have received a warning from the SA top brass to stay away from their man and the matter has seen racial tensions brewing at the Ngamiland based mine.

According to a source, it was after Terre Blanche had skipped the country that the mine bosses from across the border, started warning the local managers.

Editor's Comment
Gov't must empower DCEC urgently

As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...

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