source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer Government’s P38 million rescue package for the troubled textile industry has thus far benefited 44 companies, employing 2, 831 citizens and disbursing P5.6 million in the process. On Monday, a Ministry of Trade and Industry statement announced that of the 44 companies, 11 were large scale, seven medium, 25 [...]
source: Mmegi Calistus Kolantsho Correspondent SELEBI-PHIKWE: Expatriates and prominent members of the community here are among 4,200 people who owe the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council P17 million in service levy arrears going back many years as at September 2010. The revelation was made by the council’s Chief Physical Planner and Housing Estate Management Officer, Lazarus Kolanyane, [...]
source: Mmegi CALISTUS KOLANTSHO Correspondent SELEBI-PHIKWE: Butchery owners in Selebi-Phikwe are still feeling the pinch years after the ban on braaing and selling cooked meat on their premises was imposed. The ban drove some of the businesses to the wall. Most butcheries Mmegi visited this week were showing little life, with only a few pieces [...]
source: Mmegi ONALENNA MODIKWA Staff Writer SELEBI-PHIKWE: Palapye nominated councillor Pako Dick has been arrested for driving without a licence and causing malicious damage to a police vehicle. Palapye Police Station Commander Superintendent Kenneth Masole confirmed the incident. ‘I can confirm that we have arrested a nominated councillor for driving without a licence and causing [...]
source: Mmegi ONALENNA MODIKWA Staff Writer SELEBI-PHIKWE: The unsatisfactory state of roads along the Selebi-Phikwe Regional Tourism Corridor, especially between the mining town and Sefhophe and in the Tswapong Hills area, makes it practically impossible for a safe and cost-efficient access to the region’s tourist attractions and products. This was said by the Coordinator of [...]
source: Mmegi CALISTUS KOLANSTSHO Correspondent SELEBI-PHIKWE: Shortage of manpower in health facilities and mal-functioning equipment are hampering the provision of good health services in Selebi-Phikwe. This came to light when the Parliamentary Health Committee and the Special Select Committee on HIV/AIDS toured health facilities yesterday. A senior nurse at Tapologong Clinic, Ditsame Kebalepile said the [...]