{"id":43435,"date":"2024-02-11T19:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking"},"modified":"2024-02-11T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:39:09","slug":"manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking","title":{"rendered":"Manake Dismisses Former Mayor\u2019s Petition As Cheap Politicking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP) Beauty Manake has dismissed a petition from former mayor of Selebi-Phikwe Lekang Mukokomani to President Mokgweetsi Masisi urging the government to take responsibility for the tremours linked to the BCL Mine.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dated 29 January 2024, Mukokomani\u2019s petition accuses the government of paying no heed to the situation while the tremours are causing impairments to people\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is fully aware of the situation and it is being addressed,\u201d said Manake, who is also the Assistant Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a meeting with the people of Phikwe last Wednesday and we had all relevant stakeholders, including those from the ministries of mines and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that Mukokomani did not attend the meeting. He is only trying to score cheap political points from the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She disclosed that a budget to rehabilitate affected houses is being set aside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery unusual\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his letter, Mukokomani expressed concern about the constant tremours in Selebi Phikwe that he described as \u201cvery unusual\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the tremours are causing cracks in the walls of residential houses and fear among people.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Mukokomani will run as parliamentary candidate in Selebi-Phikwe East under the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) in the general elections later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP) Beauty Manake has dismissed a petition from former mayor of Selebi-Phikwe Lekang Mukokomani to President Mokgweetsi Masisi urging the government to take responsibility for the tremours linked to the BCL Mine. Dated 29 January 2024, Mukokomani\u2019s petition accuses the government of paying no heed to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-43435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manake Dismisses Former Mayor\u2019s Petition As Cheap Politicking - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP) Beauty Manake has dismissed a petition from former mayor of Selebi-Phik ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manake Dismisses Former Mayor\u2019s Petition As Cheap Politicking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Specially Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP) Beauty Manake has dismissed a petition from former mayor of Selebi-Phik ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-11T19:33:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-11T19:39:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/sm_1707667617.267149.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Manake Dismisses Former Mayor\u2019s Petition As Cheap Politicking\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-11T19:33:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-11T19:39:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/sm_1707667617.267149.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/manake-dismisses-former-mayors-petition-as-cheap-politicking\",\"name\":\"Manake Dismisses Former Mayor\u2019s Petition As Cheap Politicking - 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