The market’s view of the BETP
Friday, August 14, 2026 | 190 Views |
Charting the path: Gaolathe and his lieutenants are marshalling the economy towards the True North
Vice President, Ndaba Gaolathe, stresses that prudential guardrails will not be lowered.
As Finance Minister, he has a bird’s eye view of the billions of pula in capital held by sectors such as the pension funds and insurers. He also has an eye on the True North, a policy direction underpinned by the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP).
‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...