BSEL battles to reverse revenue slowdown
Friday, May 31, 2019
Thapelo Tsheole. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO
According to the exchange’s figures, revenues have slowed from P34 million in 2015 to last year’s P32.6 million, while commission incomes have fallen even faster from P14.3 million to P9.4 million over the same period.
The fall in the commission income is partly to do with static fee structures and declining levels of equity trades at the BSE in the last several years.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...