Public sector unions, achievements post 2011 strike
Friday, March 11, 2016
The strike was scheduled to last 10 days but extended to eight weeks as government would not entertain thoughts of meeting workers’ demands. More than 90,000 civil servants across the country took part in the strike. The members belonged to the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU).
At its peak, the workers chanted struggle songs that, in some cases, had obscene words directed at people in authority who were considered to be against improving the workers’ welfare.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...