Coops Join Hands To Invest In Property
Monday, July 10, 2017
Four cooperatives have invested in the residential property market
The four are Selebi-Phikwe, Bobonong, Motswedi and Ditswammung, cooperative societies. The latter two are from Gaborone,
Botswana Cooperatives Association vice chairperson Tebogo Venson said during an interview that they jointly acquired a P4 million plot to build residential houses for rental. “It is a multi-million pula project. It consists of 52 plots valued at P30 million. The project would undoubtedly improve profits for our members,” he said.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...