Sun International returns to Botswana

Peermont owns 60 percent in Grand Palm with BDC holding the remainder. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Peermont owns 60 percent in Grand Palm with BDC holding the remainder. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

International resort hotel chain, Sun International, plans to acquire hotel and gaming company, Peermont group that owns hotels and casinos in South Africa and Botswana in a R 9.43 billion (P7.73 billion) deal.

The move will see Sun international, which divested from Gaborone Sun Hotel last year, bouncing back into Botswana and taking over Peermont’s Grand Palm hotel, Mondior, Metcourt Inn and the casino at Sedibeng hotel in Francistown.

In South Africa, Peermont owns eight resort and gaming operations including Emperors Palace in Gauteng and Graceland in Mpumalanga.

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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...

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