Choppies to raise P473m in JSE listing

The retailer, which operates 125 stores in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, yesterday announced that it would list on Africa’s largest stock market on May 27, 2015. The company said it would use the funds to pay down debt as well as finance the company’s expansion into the region.

At the end of last year, Choppies had total borrowings of P466 million, as shown by its interim financial results for the six months ended December 31, 2014.