Opposition courts foreign missions over strike

Saleshando was speaking to Mmegi after a meeting initiated by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), the Botswana National Front (BNF) and his BCP with representatives of the European Union, the EU member states of France, Britian and Germany and the United States of America at the EU office in Gaborone yesterday.

Saleshando said the opposition parties called the meeting to make foreign missions in Botswana aware of the latest developments in the country. Chief among these developments were "the manner in which the government is handling the strike, the arrest of minors, the use of the state broadcaster to peddle propaganda and not granting political parties permits to peacefully engage in demonstrations".