BOFEPUSU decries poor labour relations

Rari and Tshukudu PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Rari and Tshukudu PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

Botswana Federation of Public Private & Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) says the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the country's fragile and weak economic status.

The observation was made by the federation’s president Johannes Tshukudu on the occasion to commemorate the Labour Day. He stated that it is a serious concern that 54 years since independence, Botswana still fails to produce goods and services to adequately meet the demands of her small population. 

Tshukudu also said while workers face many challenges, it was an even a worse situation that frontline workers started the war against Covid-19 with limited or no Personal Protective Equipment to deal with the problem.

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