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Learn to tell the truth — Mohwasa tells unions

Mohwasa. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Mohwasa. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

As leaders of various trade unions took turns to berate government, a defensive Minister for State President Moeti Mohwasa, diverted from his written speech in Gantsi on May Day to hit back at the unionists.

Instead of delivering the administration’s position on labour issues, he diverted to defending the government and blaming the previous regime for some of the problems which have since spilt over into their term.

In addition to inheriting an ailing economy from the previous regime, the current one, led by Duma Boko, is dealing with not only a dire situation of unemployment but also a dejected labour force.

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