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Rari, Motshegwa hang BOFEPUSU boots

Rari PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Rari PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

After a decade-long at the helm as the federation’s scribe, Tobokani Rari, Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) secretary-general, will hang his federation boots.

Having been part of the team that joined the leadership of the federation post the 2011 public sector trade unions dubbed the mother of all strikes, Rari, a teacher by training, feels he has played his part in establishing a federation of BOFEPUSU’s magnitude.

“We found BOFEPUSU acting more like a trade union than the federation that it is today,” explained the fiery trade unionist that also doubles as the secretary-general for BOSETU (Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union). BOFEPUSU at the time was more into the domain of trade unions than its current rightful place as a federation of repute.

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