Stanchart forcasts further squeeze in FY results
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana is expecting a further drop in earnings for the Full Year (FY) ending December 31, 2015, the bank said this week. Further, the bank said this would be due to the...
View ArticleRamaphane hails BTCL listing as a grand milestone
• An average 1 000 offers submitted daily • Shareholding means more accountability The listing of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) is an accomplishment of the Public...
View ArticleFace-off: law society scoffs at govt
The law fraternity has dismissed the government’s ultimatum for an apology over the Law Society’s Chairman Lawrence Lecha’s criticism of the judiciary’s lack of transformation in appointing judges. In...
View ArticleHere are the SUVs that go like a bat out hell
Desmond Lesetedi introduces your normal SUVs, but ones that pack a mean punch when it comes to acceleration. Scientists rarely become rich because they spent all their time fiddling with test tubes,...
View ArticleBrazilians join fighter jet fray with Super Tucano
In the past two weeks a team of Brazilian military aviation experts have been in the country to present a new fighter jet deal to President Ian Khama and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) heavyweights. The...
View ArticleThe story of Barclay Bank and SSI 10 years on
Barclays Bank of Botswana has been Stepping Stones International’s (SSI) partner for the past eight years, providing financial and technical support to the adolescent and youth programmes. This year...
View Article‘UDC govt would reconsider De Beers-Botswana deal’
If the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change wins the 2019 General Elections and forms a government, it would consider adding other players into the diamond mining partnership which so far has been...
View ArticleGore in Zein’s court
Jusice Dr Zein Kebonang keeps watch while two legal giants lock horns in near mortal combat. Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA sifts through the statements of both Collins Newman Senior Partner...
View ArticleSefalana retail division makes headway on expansion strategy
• Revenue up, despite currency fluctuations • Namibia operations improve Sefalana Holdings Limited, the first company to trade off the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has said that its retail...
View ArticleDrugs pose a greater security threat
The increasing prevalence of hardcore drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine (crystal meth) pose a great danger not only to the economic well-being of the users but to the future of the country....
View ArticleEmotional constitutions and a temperamental judiciary
The 2016 official opening of the legal year has given birth to yet another judicial storm – thankfully, this time the man who is habitually at the epicentre of these types of storms, Chief Justice...
View ArticleAfrican Energy wants to be regional power exporter
African Energy Resources (AFR) is participating in the development of three large scale power stations in Botswana; at least one is at a relatively advanced stage in a quest to export power into the...
View Article“The stock market as a catalyst for growth”
Part 2: Utilizing the BSE to Grow Beyond Borders A stock exchange is a considerable reflection of a country’s economic diversity. As a pivotal institution in the national economy, the Botswana Stock...
View ArticleThe 2016/17 budget should have been complemented by ESP
The Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) has gone a long way in stealing the limelight from this year’s budget speech. Even as the minister read out his speech, many were just waiting for him to get into...
View ArticleLiving from hand to mouth
Just like during the 2008 global recession, when food prices were sky-high and unaffordable, the same is happening this year, this time because of shortage of food. Already maize prices have gone up 60...
View ArticleLaw society rejects Kirby apology
The tussle between Government and the lawyers’ watchdog, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB), took another twist yesterday when the latter brushed aside an apology Judge President Ian Kirby had submitted...
View ArticleBIHL bites big chunk of insurance pie
Despite observations that Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited (BIHL) could monopolise the insurance sector by the acquisition of Botswana Insurance Company (BIC), Competition Authority (CA) has...
View ArticleUnderstand shortcomings in your path to glory
If everyone has weaknesses then why is it that it is very few of us that actually acknowledge those weaknesses? It requires strength not only to acknowledge your weaknesses but to also expose them to...
View ArticleChoppies upbeat in SA, despite subdued economy
• Forks out P200m on SA expansion • CE wants to scale up operations The behemoth retail supermarket group, Choppies Enterprises, continues to expand in South Africa despite the subdued economy and...
View ArticleBSE courts unlisted companies
• Plans to increase BSE value/turnover • Organises first ever listing conference A few months after his appointment as substantive Chief Executive (CE) of Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), Thapelo...
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