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Onalenna Kelebeile
  • UB professor cautions members against selfish union leaders

    Speaking during the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) Central Executive Committee meeting recently, Jotia said this is necessary to ensure that leaders are not there for selfish interests at the expense of workers who are entrenched in poverty....

  • Saleshando�s anti-unity �scars� a lesson to BOPEU

    Giving a solidarity message during a congress that ended on Wednesday, Saleshando said he carries the scars of not allowing unity of opposition to run its course in the past. “There is strength in unity. My position had always been resolute but...

  • BOPEU members call for removal of the board

    Instead, in one of the commissions that presented on Wednesday morning, a recommendation was made to the effect that the board of trustees be removed from office. The union president Masego Mogwera said during an interview that she only heard...

  • �Comply with ILO or resign�

    Speaking during the union’s annual central executive committee gathering held here at he Majestic Five Hotel this week, Mogwera said the trade union movement is under siege and added that the enactment of draconian and repressive labour laws by...

  • Bobonong overwhelmed by ARV recipients

    Bobirwa senior sub-tribal authority, Kgosi   Ezekiel Joel Masilo told the World AIDS Day Commemorations that Bobirwa has been one of the most affected areas in the country when it comes to HIV/AIDS. He noted that Selebi-Phikwe statistics...

  • Makgato Calls For Stiffer Penalties In GBV Cases

    Speaking during the World AIDS Day Commemorations in Bobonong on Friday, Makgato said women are hurting and sad because of a spate of cases of GBV where innocent children have lost their lives. “I do not want to turn numb to the pain of women...

  • Police to fully enforce Liquor Act

    This law, according to Selebi-Phikwe Police Station Commander Superintendent Victor Nlebesi, will be enforced alongside others as part of the 60 Days of Actions Against Crime and road accidents and will apply even beyond the festive season. The...

  • Phikwe is next in shaming of suspects

    Speaking during Mabothaphofu Crime Prevention Cluster (MCPC) launch recently, Kesupile said drug dealers must know that the raids that are taking place in Gaborone will soon start in the mining town. “I am just giving them a chance to put...

  • Mmadinare residents divided over acting appointment

    Three months ago, the furious community of Mmadinare flatly defied Bamangwato Tribal Authority to bring back Kgosi Phokontsi Seeletso to stand for Kgosi Mphoeng Mphoeng, as the acting chief until October 2018 Morafe that thronged a Kgotla meeting...

  • Dixon-Warren Dismisses MP�s Spy Talk

    He alleged in a statement passed to this publication that the provisional liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warren intimidates workers and it appears he sends spies to the MP’s Kgotla meetings. “Some union leaders and employees are facing...

  • Cresta Bosele Donates Letlhafula Festival Proceeds

    Cresta Bosele Letlhafula Cultural Festival is on its seventh edition this year after it started in 2011. The beneficiary, who was identified through the help of the Ministry of Youth Empowerment Sports and Culture Development (MYSC), has two kids...

  • Mourning the sudden death of Selebi-Phikwe football

    SELEBI-PHIKWE: For decades, Selebi-Phikwe was home to beautiful football and boundless talent. Nico United were the dominant force before the late entrance of FC Satmos, which completely re-defined the town’s football landscape just before the...

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