Motsamai's Shadow Lurks Behind BOPEU Chaos :: Mmegi Online

BOPEU president Masego Mogwera blamed outside forces at the weekend’s attempt to topple her national office bearers, including herself. She said the forces sought to interfere with her relentless efforts to fight financial misappropriation and corruption that persisted under her predecessor, Andrew Motsamai’s regime.

Approached for comment late Saturday after appearing to have survived a coup by disgruntled members of her National Executive, Mogwera was unflinching: “We have information that some of our members are working with outside forces to frustrate our ongoing efforts at recovering what we lost during my predecessor’s reign.

“It is not surprising to some of us that the attempt to topple us was spearheaded by elements associated with that regime. They want to frustrate our ongoing efforts because with us gone, the many court cases we have launched against Motsamai and his friends would be stalled and die a natural death,” bemoaned Mogwera, who has launched a P40 million counterclaim against the former BOPEU president, Motsamai.

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