BOMU urges CIPA: 'cancel COSBOTS EGM'

Lesokwane said the reason they want the EGM called off is because they feel there is no rush to resolve to adopt the new draft constitution
Lesokwane said the reason they want the EGM called off is because they feel there is no rush to resolve to adopt the new draft constitution

Newly resuscitated Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) has pleaded with the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) to call off Copyright Society of Botswana (COSBOTS) Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) scheduled for September 26, 2020.

Amongst the reasons they advanced in a letter from BOMU president, Phemelo Lesokwane is that conducting a virtual meeting with over 2, 000 members and hoping to achieve the objective of the meeting will not be feasible.

“The provision to host company meeting through a virtual method as per Second Schedule Section 3 (b) of the Companies Act, is not “inserted” anywhere in the current COSBOTS Constitution at Section 13 as COSBOTS claim in their correspondence,” read the letter.

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