BDC sees profits doubling
Friday, September 23, 2016
The corporation’s draft results for the year ended June 2016 indicate a profit before tax of P200 million, almost two-fold from P110 million in the previous year.
According to documents presented to the parliamentary committee on statutory bodies recently, the projection includes P129 million of divestment income as well as ordinary and special dividends from wholly-owned subsidiaries. The results reflect a recovery for the government investment arm, which had experienced huge losses of P176 million in 2012, P222 million in 2013 and P76 million in 2014.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...