Labour Movement Clashes With Gov't

In what could spark a fresh row, the labour movement has accused the government of sidelining social partners in the development of the policy, which was tabled by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Peggy Serame.

Last week, the deputy secretary-general of Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) Ketlhalefile Motshegwa said they have written to ministers Serame, her counterpart at the Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development, Mpho Balopi, as well as the Clerk of the National Assembly for the Bill to be withdrawn.