Drama Unfolds As BOPEU's Losing Faction Deploys Bouncers

Masego Mogwera PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Masego Mogwera PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Victorious Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president Masego Mogwera has confirmed that her attempts to have Olefile Monakwe’s faction escorted out of the Union’s building on Friday were met with resistance, as the losing faction had brought in bouncers.

The move resulted in dramatic scenes of near-violent confrontations.

Mogwera confirmed that she had ordered that the locks to various offices occupied by Monakwe and his cohort be changed immediately after Justice Mercy Garekwe announced her victory. However, the locksmiths sent by the BOPEU president found a resistance team of bouncers deployed to ensure that Mogwera’s team did not gain access to the premises.

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