Residents want piece of the diamond pie
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Jwaneng hosts the world’s richest mine by value, which has sustained the country’s economy for more than 30 years. However, residents feel that they have watched the diamond riches pass them by over the decades.
Customary court president, Itumeleng Mpaesele told Butale at a Kgotla meeting on Tuesday that the local residents are benefiting little from the Mine and called on initiatives to attract polishing companies to the town, in order to address runaway unemployment.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...