Residents sue govt over radiation facility
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The residents, represented by attorney Bugalo Maripe, last month filed papers before the High Court in Lobatse demanding that government stop the erection of the radiation facility and remove their village as the location for the project.
The villagers took the legal route after the Ngwato Land Board allocated government a piece of land for the project, prompting villagers to rush to Pilikwe’s defence.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...