P10m In School Fees Spent On Ex-Mine workers
Monday, April 08, 2019
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Following the mine closure, the government undertook to pay school fees for the children of the former BCL Mine employees in private schools.
This was to last until the end of 2017, before the children could be moved to public schools as part of a number of initiatives government undertook to assist former mineworkers.
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