BOPEU Membership Hits 32,000 Mark
Monday, April 25, 2016
However Motsamai showed appetite for more saying the figures can still grow monstrously, especially taking into account the huge number of public service and parastatal organisations workers who remain un-unionised.
He also observed that BOPEU’s business wings continued to thrive. “Currently we have an Insurance broker, Micro-lending scheme and we recently acquired several small businesses geared towards diversifying the union’s economic outlook. It is envisaged that in the not so distant future, the union would raise its flag high amongst the hotel and tourism players. “
The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...