Anxiety over BPOPF P500m tender

Siwawa
Siwawa

Three local fund managers are anxiously waiting to see who will clinch the lucrative tender to manage the Botswana Public Officer Pension Fund (BPOPF) P500 million private equity funds.

The kitty is the first tranche of BPOPF’s trend setting P800 million private equity funds solely targeted for investments in Botswana only. 

Speaking at a media briefing in Gaborone this week, BPOPF acting CEO Lesedi Moakofhi said that a decision has been made on which fund manager has won the tender. 

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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