BBS Releases Results, Shares Resume Trading On BSE
Monday, December 14, 2020
Pius Molefe
The release of the 2019 preliminary financial statements saw the BBSL shares and BBS005 Bond resuming trading on Friday, with trading in the company’s securities open to all BBS security holders.
This is in exception of “BBS Key Persons”, who are directors and senior management, who will be allowed to trade following the publication of the audited financial statements, expected this Friday.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...