Bank Gaborone celebrates 10-year milestone with clients
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Coetzee
Coetzee was addressing clients and other stakeholders at a highly attended end of year breakfast session held at Phakalane Golf Resort recently.
He said though they are still one of the youngest banks in the country, through their customers they have managed to grow over the past 10 years. Bank Gaborone’s first branch at Capricon House opened its doors on September 18, 2006 after Bank of Botswana awarded them a banking licence in February 2006.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...