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RDC sheds P216m worth of properties to prop up balance sheet

Flagship: Masa Square is one of RDC Properties' landmark assets
Flagship: Masa Square is one of RDC Properties' landmark assets

Locally listed property giant, RDC Properties, has shed over P216 million worth of non-core assets in a portfolio clean-up exercise, as the property group moves to strengthen its balance sheet and reposition for a tighter economic environment.

The property group, which owns assets such as Chobe Marina Lodge and Masa Square Centre in Gaborone, to name a few, said the disposals, concluded at an eight percent premium to book value, form part of a deliberate shift to improve portfolio quality while recycling capital into stronger-performing assets.

Most of the assets dumped were mainly in South Africa, such as the Sparrow Shopping Centre, which was sold for R60 million and the Regent Building in Cape Town, which sold for R150 million, with the company's executives eyeing no major disposals for the Botswana market.

Editor's Comment
Let the courts follow the money

“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”– B.R. AmbedkarThe amount of money at play threatens to test the integrity of the country’s financial system, giving more reason to why the courts must be fully given leeway to lean on the matter and reach a conclusion.Botswana has spent decades building her reputation as a stable and credible financial jurisdiction.The...

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