The Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Eric Molale has on Friday told the parliament that the government does not owe anybody apology or clarification on why the BCL mine was closed. Molale said this when exchanging jabs with some legislators from the opposition amongst them Selebi Phikwe West MP Dithapelo Keorapetse and Ramotswa MP Samuel Rantuana who engaged in a heated debate with Molale. The MPs were calling on Government to prioritise the re-opening of the mine. He believes government should not bare any blame for the closure of the mine in 2016 or take the blame for the ailing liquidation of the mine. The Selebi-Phikwe mine was placed under liquidation in October 2016, with Nigel Dixon-Warren, appointed the provisional liquidator. “I am not going to apologise on behalf of the Government and put the blame of BCL closure on the shoulders of the government. Government has done nothing wrong as some of you from the opposition anticipate. So forget about hearing me apologising to the nation over the closure of the BCL mine shafts,” he added. Molale said closing the mine in 2016 was not by fault caused by the government, saying the circumstances which…