Bosetu captures 4530 new members

Tobokani Rari PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Tobokani Rari PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Bosetu secretary General Tobokani Rari has reported that the union’s membership drive has netted 4,520 new members, translating into 30% growth in just 1 year, four months.

Reporting to the Bosetu special Congress in Palapye recently Rari said the growth had surpassed the projected 8% growth by 2023 by 22%. In 2021 , the union’s membership was hovering around 15, 035, before the staggering 30% growth took the membership tally to 19,555 by August 2022.

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