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Mogwera Back In Undisputed Power

Masego Mogwera PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Masego Mogwera PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana Public Employees Union’s (BOPEU) congress in Palapye balloted its members to choose its leadership putting to an end factional wrangling when it handed Masego Mogwera all the union’s powers over the weekend.

Mogwera’s legitimate claim to power also installs all her preferred teammates on her slate. The congress decision means that factional wars in the BOPEU National Executive Committee will now be a thing of the past.

The last three years, since the BOPEU Kasane congress, had been characterised by leadership instability. A rival faction that had secured seats at the 2019 congress undermined the returning president.

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