OP responds to Sunday Standard article

source: BOPA
21 January, 2008

This is a response to the front page report in the January 13-19, 2008 issue of the Sunday Standard entitled Mogae appointed Nchindo Chief Govt Negotiator.

The article alleges that the President appointed Mr Nchindo the Chief Government Negotiator to represent the Botswana Government in the re-structuring of De Beers in 2001.

The publication further claims that the President signed secret, full and exclusive powers of attorney to give Mr Nchindo authority to represent the Botswana Government in the said restructuring.

The claim is false in the extreme. The Debswana Board, together with representation of other shareholders in De Beers, conducted the restructuring, a complex process.

As is public knowledge, Debswana is owned equally by De Beers and the Botswana Government. Mr Nchindo was [continue reading]


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