We doff our hats to Vaka

Portraying Sanlam as a crucible that is decidedly hostile to the interests of Batswana, she characterised its relationship with BIHL in terms of "an inherent conflict" purposefully engineered from Cape Town to undermine the Botswana company.

In her no-holds-barred speech to the genteel audience, Vaka-Sikalesele took on the majority shareholder in BIHL for bleeding Batswana dry by expatriating profits made in their country to develop other economies. Also at the heart of her torrent was how Sanlam is using Botswana as the proverbial cash cow by means of a systematic expatriation of excess capital by declaring special dividends.