Molome and the art of cutting deals
Saturday, May 20, 2017
The man, popularly known as “Ma-Erno”, amongst his legions of admirers, also functions as a transactional advisor where he brokers multi million pula deals for corporates in need of big funding and other financial services through his company Mamatarz. It is a job he has been doing for more than 15 years now.
It could be a lucrative undertaking, especially for the deal broker, who at the end of the transaction gets his or her commission for a job well done.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...