Engen�s profits grow despite low oil prices

Fuel company, Engen Botswana saw its net profits in the first half of the year grow significantly amid a gloomy economy and dwindling oil prices.

During the half-year period ended June 30, 2015, the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed petroleum firm recorded a 25 percent increase in gross profit to P148 million from P118 million in the same period last year.

Engen Botswana’s managing director, Chimweta Monga stated that the growth was mainly due to the increase in government-controlled industry margins in December 2014 and increased sales volumes.

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BPF should get house in order

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...

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