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According to the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) secretary general, Tobokani Rari, the negotiations commenced on February 16, 2015 with all sides concluding the engagement rules. “Parties at this meeting agreed that there is...

In supporting the supplementary budget, Venson-Moitoi revealed that the Education Ministry was still grappling with the issue of Levels of Operation (LOO). “I left the Ministry of Education when the issue of Levels of Operation was still to be...

The Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Philip Makgalemele said, of these 417 were permanent and pensionable and 394 were former industrial class employees. “There is another category of employees who are employed...

Gaborone Central legislator, Phenyo Butale had been due to put the question to Matambo yesterday but the Speaker stopped him after drawing attention to parliamentary procedure which demands that the minister be given time to formulate his response....

“The parties shall endeavour to agree on who the arbitrator will be on or before 9 March 2015, failing which the chairman of the Law Society will be approached to appoint an arbitrator therefore, and the chairman’s decision to appoint will be...

According to BOPEU Gaborone branch chairperson, Oaitse Diane Patle the decision to pull out or not out of the federation would be taken by the membership during a special congress very soon. Patle said following the BOFEPUSU ‘unconstitutional’...

According to media reports, this residential plot belongs to President Ian Khama. Answering a question posed by MP Dithapelo Keorapetse in Parliament Monday, Maele said Diseta Island in Shakawe is tribal land under the authority and administration...

Last year the BCP instituted a lawsuit  against Khama declaring the Green Book [Executive Conditions of Service] unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional and a nullity and of no force and effect, and his revision of Merafhe’s pension without the...

Dr Trywell Kalusopa said this when unpacking the theme ‘Creators of wealth agitating for stake in political economy’ during the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) over the weekend. “The trade union movement remains a...

The outgoing BOFEPUSU president Masego Mogwera disclosed this during the BOFEPUSU congress over the weekend. She said workers had gone through all manner of turbulences and hardships since the 2011 industrial action and were yet to recover from the...

The challenge came after Kgathi read a statement to Parliament yesterday in which he insisted that the private company had not been given any tenders by the BDF but rather had acted as an agency for certain international companies. President Ian...

In a letter dated February 9, Felix Masunga, explained he was employed as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on a renewable fixed term employment contract expiring on September 3, 2014. But days after that date, he was informed...

Giving the keynote address at the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Workers (BOFEPUSU) congress over the weekend, Njovu said in the short time he had been in Botswana, he had realised familiar challenges facing workers. “The two days I have been...

The BOPEU vice president Sikalame Seitiso   was nominated by his union for the position of the federation president but the other four affiliates of BOFEPUSU did not second his nomination. The other BOFEPUSU members are Botswana Land Board and...

In her affidavit, treasurer general Yarobi Motswaiso stated that on January 15, 2015, she received a letter from BLLAHWU vice president Disang Mokwape, informing her that she had been suspended. She was suspended for “committing acts of gross...