BBS confident of scaling greater heights
Friday, April 10, 2026 | 80 Views |
Seeing opportunity: Tafa believes BBS is primed for growth PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Pedzani Tafa is not looking for blind patriotism. She explains that BBS Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank with a suite of products and services that serve customers’ domestic and foreign needs.
Three years into the initial five-year strategic plan that has guided the bank since it began commercial banking operations in 2022, Tafa says there is value in building an entity whose returns directly contribute to growth within the economy.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...