High Court Justices To Preside Over BOPEU Hearing

Monday, October 05, 2020

A bench of three High Court judges is expected to hear a case in which former Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president, Masego Mogwera is challenging the legality of the purported BOPEU National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of April 27, 2019.

Gaborone High Court judges, Tebogo Tau, Gabriel Komboni and Mokwadi Gabanagae, will preside over the matter when it comes for arguments on October 16, 2020.

Mogwera and incumbent BOPEU president, Olefile Monakwe, have been involved in a bitter tussle for the control of the union following the April 27 NEC meeting at Regent Hotel in Gaborone, with Monakwe, then first deputy president, taking over the reins as acting president.

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