Business confidence recovers as economy rebounds
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Moses Pelaelo's BoB released the survey results on Monday
According to the survey, optimism amongst businesses strengthened from a confidence level of 43% in last year’s second half to 48% for the current survey period, and is expected to rise further in the survey horizon for both domestic market-oriented firms and exporters.
The economy grew by 4.3% in 2016 up from a negative of 1.7% in 2015.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...