Metropolitan in court for benefit transfer suit

Metropolitan Life of Botswana Limited faces a battle to protect its reputation after being accused of unfair and illegal practice against clients’ policy regulations.

One former client, Esau Jokonya blames the company for withholding his funds after exiting a policy.

Jokonya narrates that in 2008 he purchased a Retirement Annuity Policy from the pension fund provider after he had left his employment with Botswana Defence Force.  The pension funds were reportedly coming from Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF), through its administrators Alexander Forbes.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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