Letshego weighs down BSE in Q3
Friday, November 01, 2019
Letshego Headquarters. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
According to Stockbrokers Botswana’s third quarter review released on Monday, the BSE’s Domestic Companies Index (DCI) lost P2.3 billion in value largely as a result of the fall in Letshego, which dropped by 59 thebe.
The DCI’s slide, seen since the beginning of the year, however, slowed in the third quarter at 2.12 percent compared to 3.34 in the second quarter. “The DCI reached a 12-month low of 7397.77 points in August, however it recovered over September to close third quarter at 7460.95,” Stockbrokers analysts noted.
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...