Labour movements insist on partisan politics

Officials from the Botswana Federation of Public Sectors Union (BOFEPUSU) and Botswana Land Board, Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) insist that there is nothing barring them from participating in politics contrary to government’s position.

Last Sunday, BOFEPUSU Francistown regional chairman, Thatayamodimo Xhabue, who is also a civil servant, told a political rally in Selebi-Phikwe that the Public Service Act of 2008 did not repeal the Regulations of Industrial Employees when the former industrial class workers were converted to permanent and pensionable staff.