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COSBOTS reveals 2022 financial challenges

Deputy Permanent Secretary for Information and Broadcasting in the Ministry for State President, Oshinka Tsiang says cooperation of COSBOTS and the Department of Broadcasting Services created an enabling environment for creators to thrive PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Deputy Permanent Secretary for Information and Broadcasting in the Ministry for State President, Oshinka Tsiang says cooperation of COSBOTS and the Department of Broadcasting Services created an enabling environment for creators to thrive PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Copyright Society of Botswana (COSBOTS), Letlhogonolo Makwinja says the organisation has not achieved a remarkable financial success in 2022.

Speaking at the COSBOTS annual general meeting (AGM) in Gaborone on Saturday, Makwinja revealed that the total revenue for the organisation decreased by seven percent from the previous year.

He said the decrease was due to several factors among them non-compliance of licensees and late payment by some members.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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