‘Jwaneng mine built on Masisi’s borehole a historical fact’
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | 7760 Views |
President Mokgweetsi Masisi PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Masisi in July told Sese village residents during a kgotla meeting that the Jwaneng mine was built on his late father’s ‘Jwana’ borehole. Last month in a kgotla meeting, Masisi tried to clarify that what he meant was that the mine was built near his father’s farm not the other way round. Masisi said he was misunderstood when he uttered the statement in Sese.
But today in Parliament State President assistant minister Dumezweni Mthimkhulu denounced Masisi’s Molepolole clarification stating that the statement made by the President that “Mine wa Jwaneng o agetswe mo sedimeng sa ga Rre” is factual.
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