BTCL shares sale opens Monday

Window of opportunity: Investors can buy a minimum of 1000 BTCL shares
Window of opportunity: Investors can buy a minimum of 1000 BTCL shares

A total of 462 million Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) shares will on Monday (January 11) float on the market at a price of P1 each, marking the first step in closing the country’s first privatisation process.

Under the company’s Initial Public Offer (IPO), Batswana and citizen owned companies are eligible to buy a minimum of 1000 shares translating to P1, 000.

No transactions cost will be levied on the buyers, although investors are required to open a Central Securities Depository (CSD) account with the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE).

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

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...

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