Grit lost P47m in Letlole exit
Friday, November 10, 2023 | 180 Views |
New horizons: Letlole has several well-known assets in Botswana. The group is banking on Africa for its next phase of growth PIC: LETLOLE.COM
Grit sold its 70.3 million shares, which represented 25.1% equity in Letlole, in four open market transactions on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) between January and June. Each of the four transactions squeezed LLR’s share price down, from P3.48 at the time of the first sale, to P2.50 at the last.
In the year to October, Letlole la Rona was the worst performer on the BSE’s Domestic Companies Index, having shed 25% in its share price over the period, compared to an increase of 21.6%% over the same period last year.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...