WHEN MASISI CAME TO PHIKWE :to “console, comfort and offer support”
“…If you are talking of restructuring the company, the train has already left” Masisi exclaims, pausing for emphasis as he scans a gathering crowd of dejected unionists, businessmen, civil servants and...
View ArticleCrisis at Cresta
Is it just a matter of time before the board of directors at the leading hospitality services company, Cresta Marakanelo Group give a boot to Managing Director Tawanda Makaya and his Chief Finance...
View ArticleMoney up for grabs in the domestic bond market – Tsheole
Local companies should tap into the abundant pool of funds in the domestic bond market to help boost depth and liquidity, says Thapelo Tsheole, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Botswana Stock Exchange...
View ArticleGov’t has no plan for SPEDU region
Botswana government relies on natural resource to drive government administration. The lack of diversity in the economy highlights that without natural resources government is not able to drive...
View ArticleStrive Masiyiwa forms Telecoms Company with BPC
The original founder of Mascom Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa is back in the local telecommunications market, after striking deal with Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to establish a company that will...
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GUMA AND TSHEKEDI IN TITANIC CLASH
Chairman of the Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprise, Guma Moyo says the committee will subpoena the Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama...
View ArticleThe dying ghetto
Prior to independence Francistown was the largest commercial centre in Botswana. Founded by British prospector and miner Daniel Francis, who prospected for gold in the area in late 1800s. Initially, it...
View ArticleBOOING, SLIM MARGINS AND THE BCL SHUT DOWN
Something happened to Nonofho Molefhi, MP for Selibe Phikwe last week that many people would not wish on their worst enemies. When Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi mentioned Molefhi’s name the crowd at...
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Letshego conquers traders on the BSE
Letshego (Pic:Taelo Maphorisa/BWR) Blue-chip microfinance firm, Letshego Holdings Limited continues to lead traders on Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) on a year-to-date basis, driven by its balanced...
View ArticleSefalana raises cash for regional expansion
Botswana’s second largest retail supermarket, Sefalana Holdings, is in the process of rising a quarter of a billion Pula on the capital market. Market watchers say the company is in a quest to further...
View ArticleThe rich should be taxed more
The rich in Botswana are getting richer and finding more ways of paying less tax towards public coffers. To say they are paying less is putting it mildly; instead the wealthy are best positioned to...
View ArticleMatambo blames NDB act for the bank woes
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning Kenneth Matambo has come to the rescue of the embattled National Development Bank (NDB) citing that its founding legislation restricts the Bank from...
View ArticleGovernment target BPOPF’s billions
Government has moved to effect the Retirement Funds Act 2014, which sources say is a plan by the state to purge union representatives within the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) board of...
View ArticleREGULATORS want Tibone out of SBB
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is ready to re-admit Stockbrokers Botswana (SBB) back to trading on the domestic bourse on behalf of its clients, provided that Titose Tibone is removed as the person in...
View ArticleMining contagion threatens BSE’s retail giants
Market analysts have warned that the reduction of mining activities, both locally and in economies highly dependent on the export of limited diversification in commodities poses an immediate threat to...
View ArticleA PERFECT CORPORATE HIT JOB
The working men and women in reflectors and wrap-around industrial grade eye-wear were dead men walking for the last 6 months and they did not even know it. As early as July all of them milling about...
View ArticleNo ‘fat cheques’ for Sechaba shareholders
The prospects of a ‘fat dividend’ to shareholders of the country’s sole beer brewing company, Sechaba Breweries Holdings Limited have shrunk drastically, after the Chibuku producer saw a major decline...
View ArticleLicenses and permits are big weapons
Botswana has reached a sorry state, when individuals trying to get into business are being denied the opportunity by corrupt officials and politicians hiding behind the “requirements of the law”. Some...
View ArticleBIFM, AFENA, profit from Fleming’s P4bn loss
After Fleming Asset Management lost over P4 billion worth of assets it previously managed on behalf of the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF), Botswana Insurance Fund Management (BIFM) and...
View ArticleGOVT TO RELAUNCH AIR BOTSWANA PRIVATISATION
Air Botswana, the national airliner’s sale is once again on the cards due to its continued loss in revenue. According to the newly appointed Minister of Transport and Communications Kitso Mokaila...
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