Matambo rubbishes PSBC
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Matambo
Calling the council’s existence “a problem”, he said its activities delayed the entire pay increase process and consequently no progress had been made to date.
“It is a problem. Frankly, if there was no this bargaining council thing (sic) we would have increased salaries by now,” Matambo said, responding to the legislators’ comments on the budget. In response, the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sectors Unions (BOFEPUSU) president, Johannes Tshukudu dismissed Matambo as “self-serving”, saying the Minister was “unelected”.
We are told of massive spin-offs for hosting countries, which we assume was the catalyst behind putting in the bid.We are not too sure if it is a one-size fits all, where any hosting nation reaps the benefits or it’s on a case-by-case basis.There are arguments from both ends, with hosting a sure way to accelerate infrastructure development and a guaranteed cash flow during the 30-days of the tournament.There is a bump in employment creation...