Banking sector profits grows, despite poor service
Friday, December 20, 2013
Four major banks (First National Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank and Stanbic Bank) continued their domination of the local banking market.
However, some small banks, notably BancABC recorded significant growth this year. First National Bank of Botswana balance sheet continued to increase in advances with the year on year growth registering an impressive 23 percent to close at a book record of P10 billion.
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...