Herding the beasts to the stock exchange
Friday, January 22, 2016
Paul Taylor.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE..
The offer of 462 million shares in the BTCL was always going to hinge on convincing ordinary citizens to accommodate the view that wealth can be preserved and grown beyond traditional channels.
As senior BTCL officials and their partners embark on a 31-town/six-week tour to educate Batswana about the importance of the share offer, large numbers are turning out eager to learn more about a process traditionally unknown and feared in equal amounts.
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...