Go deeper into politics, UB don urges BOFEPUSU

BOFEPUSU has been advised to go deeper into the political arena
BOFEPUSU has been advised to go deeper into the political arena

MAUN: University of Botswana (UB) academic, Kaelo Molefe has challenged the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) to forge further into the political arena in search of securing their members’ rights.

The federation has come under fire in previous years for openly aligning with certain political parties and formations, a situation complicated by the fact that civil servants are expressly barred from openly displaying or promoting their political affiliation. BOFEPUSU took a decision to support the opposition in the last general elections.

Officiating at the Labour Day celebrations here on Monday, Molefe said the question was not about whether unions should enter politics, but about how they should do so.

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