Unions dump BFTU :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) is losing more than P100,000 every month after two of its affiliate members stopped their subscriptions.

BFTU secretary general, Gadzani Mhotsha said at a press conference in Gaborone that Botswana Secondary School Teachers' Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers' Union (BTU) stopped their monthly subscriptions to protest the BFTU's delay in availing an audited financial report for 2007, 2008 and 2009.

BOSETU secretary general, Kwenasebele Modukanele confirmed the boycott, saying his union has long indicated to the BFTU leadership that it wanted to see an audited financial report. He said they cannot continue to contribute money and fail to get an account of how it is being used. "Our members at BOSETU are interested in knowing how their money is being utilised by the federation," he said.

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