BOPEU P2 million-rent subsidy sparks protest

Friday, February 25, 2011

The Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) has received P1,813,909.50 subsidy for its office accommodation rentals from the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) since January 2007 to March 2011.

This has been revealed by the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi, after being asked by the Gaborone South legislator Kagiso Molatlhegi to confirm if it is true that government has been paying rentals for the union.

The minister disclosed that government's assistance to BOPEU dated back to the time it was still a staff association called the Botswana Civil Servants Association (BCSA).

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BOPEU P2 million-rent subsidy sparks protest

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