BPOPF trustee battles deepen
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
New battlefront: Representatives of civil servants are clashing at the BPOPF
In a letter written on Monday by their lawyers, Baoleki Attorneys, trustees for Trainers and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) and Botswana Tribal Administrators Staff Association (BOTASA) are challenging the settlement order issued by Justice Tshepo Motswagole recently.
TAWU trustee, Allan Keitseng and BOTASA trustee Galeakanye Modise, argue that they were not given a hearing when the settlement order was reached between BPOPF, its acting chief executive officer Lesedi Moakofhi, six senior ranking public officers and the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU).
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...