Speaking at a Kgotla meeting last week, Kgosi said when the management took the decision, it was never concerned about where the 400 workers were going to stay. He said BMC once told councillors that it intends to demolish the houses and sell the land. However, as far as he is concerned, BMC has not sold the land. He wondered why BMC ordered workers to move out at short notice when they have not been allocated plots. Kgosi said life has become unbearable for the workers after they moved out. Some of them are scattered in places outside Lobatse like Molapowabojang and Kanye and it has become costly to commute to work. He indicated that BMC does not provide transport for the workers who knock off at night.
He said BMC promised to subsidise the workers' rental when they move out but this has not been done. Kgosi said the relocation of the BMC workers has affected other socio-economic activities in the area. He said the enrolment at the nearby Ipeleng Primary School has been reduced because the BMC workers have transferred their children. As a result, four teachers have been transferred from the school.
