Moswaane breaks ranks with gov�t on BCL closure

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

FRANCISTOWN: Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP) Ignatius Moswaane has broken ranks with fellow Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislators on the closure of the BCL Mine.

Almost all the ruling party legislators have been mum on the recent unexpected closure of BCL Mine. Now Moswaane has decided that he cannot remain quiet like a church mouse in the wake of troubles at BCL that are threatening to collapse the economy of the tiny town of Selebi-Phikwe.

The MP has joined a swelling rank of opposition party politicians who have openly criticised the government on the closure of the BCL.

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