Alexander Forbes loses lucrative BPOPF deal
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Boitumelo Molefe.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The services, which include collection of members’ contributions and administration of benefits, are currently outsourced to Alexander Forbes Financials Services.
Speaking to Mmegi Business on the sidelines of the launch of the fund’s whistle blowing facility in Gaborone yesterday, BPOPF’s new CEO, Boitumelo Molefe said the decision to insource administration of members’ files and pensioners’ benefits was based on the realisation that the fund, as a secretariat, should be handling its members’ accounts.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...