The Fate Of BOPEU's Damned
Monday, November 30, 2020
The panel of three judges effectively declared Monakwe’s presidency a nullity and put Masego Mogwera and secretary-general Topias Marenga back in charge of the leadership of BOPEU.
Questions now linger as to whether Monakwe, who usurped the presidency from Mogwera, will be coughed out into the doldrums and ejected from the National Executive committee or settle for first deputy president post to which he was elected to at the last BOPEU congress in Kasane in December, 2018, and wait for the president to invoke her powers to take disciplinary action against him for having put the union into disrepute.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...