Gov�t unaccountable to Parley on BCL closure

On Friday the 18th, there was a minister’s question on BCL and it was clear that the minister responsible for mines had difficulties fully accounting to Parliament on the real reasons for provisional liquidation and way forward.

There was a back-and-forth exchange between the opposition MPs and the minister with the former pressing for answers with probing questions and the latter being evasive and or euphemistic.

There are other ordinary questions being asked in this special NDP 11 session of Parliament on BCL, the idea is to get as much information as possible to get to the bottom of the issue. At the end of the mini-debate last week Friday, Parliament was left with more questions than answers on the whole BCL saga. The town of Selebi-Phikwe is becoming more and more desolate, there is despair, anguish and sorrow. The future for many is uncertain, for some there is no future at all.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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