19 Aug 2014

Batswana have been encouraged to invest in buying shares to improve their lives.

Speaking during tour of her Mahalapye East constituency, Ms Botlogile Tshireletso said shares were a way of diversifying the economy and therefore urged residents to buy shares rather than leaving the shares to be bought by wealthy people only.

She explained to her constituents that they could start buying shares from as little as P100. She said buying shares made one to become one of the many owners of a company.

She said as the value of the firm or company for shareholders increaseds, members or share owners would be entitled to every portion of the company’s profits.
“The more the shares one owns, the larger the portion of the profit one get,” she stated.

She informed them that soon government would advertise the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) shares and urged Batswana to prepare to buy them.

She said 49 per cent of shares have been reserved for Batswana. She further said the bigger picture of buying shares is that eventually their accumulation would benefit them in future

On other issues, Ms Tshireletso requested Batswana to make proper use of their Ipelegeng wages to improve their living standard. Ends