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Parents angry over Baobab takeover

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Parents angry over Baobab takeover
There was drama on Tuesday evening at Baobab School in Gaborone as parents walked out of a meeting addressed by management, protesting over lack of consultation during the sale of the school to Curro Holdings -a South African company. Board chairperson Felicity Leburu Sianga informed parents that only the operations of the school have been sold at the tune of P65 million in order to improve the quality of education offered by the school. She, however, said the facilities at the school have not been sold as part of the transaction. Although Baobab School is owned and has been operated by a private company, the livid parents said the shareholders/ directors should have consulted them out of courtesy before selling the school, rather than only learning about the sale from letters given to their children. “We are talking about citizen empowerment and wonder why you didn’t inform us as your stakeholder that you intend to sell the school. You coud have given us a chance to invest in the school. Now it has been given away to a foreign company,” lamented one parent. Sianga stood her ground, informing the parents that the Tuesday meeting was just to share information but…

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