Gov't disappoints 'ally' BOPEU

On Wednesday, BOPEU received a savingram from  the government dated March 28, 2018 in which it addressed all permanent secretaries, Attorney General, Botswana Defence Force (BDF) commander, director general of national strategy office, amongst others, that “Addressees are hereby informed of the three percent inflationary adjustment across the board."

The savingram said the increase will apply to the public service including members of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Botswana Police Service, Prisons Service, Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), members of the public service commission and to pensioners under the non-contributory old pension scheme. “All the amounts are annualised unless otherwise stated.