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BGI employees 'report' management to Kenewendo

Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) employees recently delivered a petition to the Lobatse District Commissioner to hand to Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Kenewendo.
Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) employees recently delivered a petition to the Lobatse District Commissioner to hand to Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Kenewendo.

Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) employees recently delivered a petition to the Lobatse District Commissioner to hand to Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Kenewendo.

The employees want the minister to intervene as they decry that management has withheld funds meant for their salary increment, amongst other issues.

Led by BOPEU/BGI Branch Executive Chairperson Kagiso Gakale, the employees marched to the District Commissioner’s office, where they read out the petition before handing it over.

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