Historic 2011 Strike Key Players Reminiscence

FRANCISTOWN: May 1, 2021, will mark exactly 10 years since the historic civil servants’ industrial action, which attracted over 90,000 workers around the country. It was initially thought that the industrial action will last for 10 days but was prolonged to eight weeks as the government would not entertain the 16% increment demanded by workers. The government instead offered a five percent salary increment, which figure was revised to three percent and finally government got its way.  Below, we look at the contributions of individuals from both government and the trade unions during the eight-week long industrial action.

Ian Khama