BAA at loggerheads with Betway, BTC over pledges
Friday, January 09, 2026 | 130 Views |
The 4x400m relay team celebrates after winning gold in Tokyo PIC: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
The two companies made promises following outstanding performance by the athletics team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo last September.
BTC, the local telecoms company, had pledged cash and in-kind connectivity sponsorship worth P300,000 to the athletes and coaches.
According to a report elsewhere in this publication, various district councils announced that a one-bedroom home now costs over P130,000 more, a near-unthinkable 32% increase. This isn't just a minor adjustment, but a devastating blow to the dream of affordable home ownership for ordinary citizens.What is most alarming is not just the scale of the increase, but the profound confusion it has exposed. Minister Ramogapi has publicly...