BLLAHWU’s 50 years journey

Motshegwa told Mmegi in an interview yesterday that all was set for September when the union will commemorate its hard-earned achievements and challenges.

The union started in 1972 as the Botswana Local Authorities Union or simply BLAWU until laws changed in 1974, which transformed the union into an association called Botswana Unified Local Government Service Association (BULGSA). In 2007, the trade union became Botswana Land Boards Local Authorities Workers Union (BLLAWU), which later saw it changing the name to the current BLLAHWU after it included health workers who were leaving the councils to join the central government. “This is the brief history of the existence of the union and we celebrate it as 50 years of radicalism and militancy for workers,” said the visibly excited trade unionist.