GetBucks promises responsible lending

New entrant in the micro lending business, GetBucks Botswana has pledged a different model of lending that involves provision of responsible and sustainable loans.

During the relaunch of the company in Gaborone last week, GetBucks managing director, Marthin de Kok said they would apply strict and sensible criteria to ensure that they only lend affordable amounts to their customers.

Microlenders have been criticised for impoverishing and entrapping people in debts instead of alleviating financial strain.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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